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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 - KinshasaBurkina FasoAustria
51,18111,0758,039
52,78211,4058,059
54,45311,8288,090
56,17012,3808,130
57,86012,8298,166
59,59913,1788,217
61,47413,5408,274
63,47913,9178,317
65,59014,3098,344
67,80014,7228,370
70,11415,1528,390
72,55015,6008,410
75,13816,0648,438
77,79216,5638,476
80,53417,0728,527
83,36817,5758,594
86,22918,0948,680
89,19318,6218,791
92,20919,1578,847
95,23219,6988,890
98,32020,2428,930
101,49920,7888,969
104,76721,3369,004
108,17121,8899,107

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.