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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 - KinshasaAustriaBenin
51,1818,0396,461
52,7828,0596,677
54,4538,0906,902
56,1708,1307,130
57,8608,1667,360
59,5998,2177,589
61,4748,2747,838
63,4798,3178,089
65,5908,3448,335
67,8008,3708,603
70,1148,3908,884
72,5508,4109,179
75,1388,4389,486
77,7928,4769,805
80,5348,52710,135
83,3688,59410,480
86,2298,68010,842
89,1938,79111,220
92,2098,84711,613
95,2328,89012,018
98,3208,93012,370
101,4998,96912,725
104,7679,00413,081
108,1719,10713,439

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