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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 - KinshasaAustriaDenmark
51,1818,0395,322
52,7828,0595,339
54,4538,0905,358
56,1708,1305,377
57,8608,1665,391
59,5998,2175,404
61,4748,2745,420
63,4798,3175,438
65,5908,3445,461
67,8008,3705,494
70,1148,3905,524
72,5508,4105,548
75,1388,4385,571
77,7928,4765,592
80,5348,5275,614
83,3688,5945,644
86,2298,6805,683
89,1938,7915,730
92,2098,8475,766
95,2328,8905,795
98,3208,9305,818
101,4998,9695,831
104,7679,0045,855
108,1719,1075,907

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