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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 AustriaSudanCongo - Kinshasa
8,03926,16851,181
8,05926,77152,782
8,09027,38754,453
8,13028,01756,170
8,16628,66257,860
8,21729,32159,599
8,27429,99661,474
8,31730,68663,479
8,34431,39365,590
8,37032,13767,800
8,39033,07870,114
8,41033,89172,550
8,43834,56875,138
8,47635,29377,792
8,52736,09380,534
8,59437,05883,368
8,68038,16586,229
8,79139,29489,193
8,84740,51292,209
8,89041,76495,232
8,93042,95298,320
8,96944,121101,499
9,00445,290104,767
9,10746,498108,171

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;

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