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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date AustriaNorth MacedoniaCongo - Kinshasa
8,0392,00651,181
8,0592,01752,782
8,0902,02654,453
8,1302,01156,170
8,1662,01857,860
8,2172,02459,599
8,2742,02861,474
8,3172,03163,479
8,3442,03565,590
8,3702,03867,800
8,3902,04270,114
8,4102,04672,550
8,4382,04975,138
8,4762,05277,792
8,5272,05580,534
8,5942,05883,368
8,6802,06186,229
8,7912,06389,193
8,8472,06592,209
8,8902,06795,232
8,9302,06898,320
8,9692,065101,499
9,0042,057104,767
9,1072,048108,171

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Austria

  • 1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
  • 1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;

North Macedonia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.