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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 - KinshasaCentral African RepublicAustria
51,1813,8898,039
52,7823,9808,059
54,4534,0548,090
56,1704,1288,130
57,8604,2158,166
59,5994,2898,217
61,4744,3638,274
63,4794,4498,317
65,5904,5448,344
67,8004,6418,370
70,1144,7428,390
72,5504,8458,410
75,1384,9508,438
77,7925,0578,476
80,5345,1678,527
83,3685,2788,594
86,2295,3928,680
89,1935,5078,791
92,2095,6258,847
95,2325,7458,890
98,3205,8748,930
101,4996,0258,969
104,7676,1549,004
108,1716,2919,107

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.