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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 BeninAustriaCongo - Kinshasa
6,4618,03951,181
6,6778,05952,782
6,9028,09054,453
7,1308,13056,170
7,3608,16657,860
7,5898,21759,599
7,8388,27461,474
8,0898,31763,479
8,3358,34465,590
8,6038,37067,800
8,8848,39070,114
9,1798,41072,550
9,4868,43875,138
9,8058,47677,792
10,1358,52780,534
10,4808,59483,368
10,8428,68086,229
11,2208,79189,193
11,6138,84792,209
12,0188,89095,232
12,3708,93098,320
12,7258,969101,499
13,0819,004104,767
13,4399,107108,171

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