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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaGermanyAustriaGeorgia
51,18181,4398,0394,848
52,78281,4748,0594,814
54,45381,5348,0904,789
56,17081,5958,1304,771
57,86081,5668,1664,746
59,59981,4738,2174,739
61,47481,3548,2744,786
63,47981,1908,3174,826
65,59081,0098,3444,820
67,80080,7818,3704,819
70,11480,5008,3904,851
72,55080,3018,4104,898
75,13880,2928,4384,934
77,79280,4438,4764,946
80,53480,6638,5274,938
83,36881,0008,5944,931
86,22981,7048,6804,927
89,19382,3668,7914,924
92,20982,6748,8474,922
95,23282,9238,8904,922
98,32083,1108,9304,923
101,49983,1788,9694,926
104,76783,2139,0044,929
108,17183,8119,1074,911

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.

All data sources

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

Germany

  • 1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
  • 1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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