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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 - KinshasaAustriaSri Lanka
51,1818,03919,354
52,7828,05919,610
54,4538,09019,838
56,1708,13020,060
57,8608,16620,297
59,5998,21720,529
61,4748,27420,703
63,4798,31720,917
65,5908,34421,120
67,8008,37021,315
70,1148,39021,503
72,5508,41021,713
75,1388,43821,918
77,7928,47622,120
80,5348,52722,320
83,3688,59422,517
86,2298,68022,711
89,1938,79122,899
92,2098,84723,080
95,2328,89023,254
98,3208,93023,420
101,4998,96923,579
104,7679,00423,732
108,1719,10723,796

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.