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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 - KinshasaAustriaMauritania
51,1818,0392,437
52,7828,0592,501
54,4538,0902,566
56,1708,1302,632
57,8608,1662,699
59,5998,2172,768
61,4748,2742,838
63,4798,3172,909
65,5908,3442,981
67,8008,3703,055
70,1148,3903,129
72,5508,4103,205
75,1388,4383,282
77,7928,4763,359
80,5348,5273,438
83,3688,5943,517
86,2298,6803,597
89,1938,7913,677
92,2098,8473,759
95,2328,8903,840
98,3208,9303,942
101,4998,9694,045
104,7679,0044,150
108,1719,1074,259

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