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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 - KinshasaAustriaCentral African Republic
51,1818,0393,889
52,7828,0593,980
54,4538,0904,054
56,1708,1304,128
57,8608,1664,215
59,5998,2174,289
61,4748,2744,363
63,4798,3174,449
65,5908,3444,544
67,8008,3704,641
70,1148,3904,742
72,5508,4104,845
75,1388,4384,950
77,7928,4765,057
80,5348,5275,167
83,3688,5945,278
86,2298,6805,392
89,1938,7915,507
92,2098,8475,625
95,2328,8905,745
98,3208,9305,874
101,4998,9696,025
104,7679,0046,154
108,1719,1076,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.