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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 - KinshasaAustriaSenegal
51,1818,03910,070
52,7828,05910,305
54,4538,09010,576
56,1708,13010,864
57,8608,16611,172
59,5998,21711,498
61,4748,27411,839
63,4798,31712,204
65,5908,34412,584
67,8008,37012,978
70,1148,39013,382
72,5508,41013,794
75,1388,43814,226
77,7928,47614,668
80,5348,52715,121
83,3688,59415,589
86,2298,68016,066
89,1938,79116,549
92,2098,84717,044
95,2328,89017,535
98,3208,93018,021
101,4998,96918,518
104,7679,00419,016
108,1719,10719,512

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