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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 Congo - KinshasaAfghanistanAustria
51,18122,2068,039
52,78222,4618,059
54,45322,5078,090
56,17023,6008,130
57,86025,0058,166
59,59925,6988,217
61,47426,3358,274
63,47927,1548,317
65,59027,3878,344
67,80027,7068,370
70,11428,4848,390
72,55029,1218,410
75,13829,7588,438
77,79230,4208,476
80,53431,1088,527
83,36831,8238,594
86,22932,5648,680
89,19333,3328,791
92,20934,1258,847
95,23234,9418,890
98,32035,9728,930
101,49937,0348,969
104,76738,1279,004
108,17139,2529,107

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

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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.