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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 BangladeshCongo - KinshasaAustria
132,90751,1818,039
135,20752,7828,059
137,42054,4538,090
139,57356,1708,130
141,65057,8608,166
143,64459,5998,217
145,54661,4748,274
147,37663,4798,317
149,04765,5908,344
150,56267,8008,370
152,18970,1148,390
153,92772,5508,410
155,63475,1388,438
157,32677,7928,476
158,99980,5348,527
160,65083,3688,594
162,27386,2298,680
163,93889,1938,791
165,65592,2098,847
167,35895,2328,890
169,04598,3208,930
170,709101,4998,969
172,354104,7679,004
174,217108,1719,107

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.