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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 - KinshasaEthiopiaAustria
51,18163,5758,039
52,78265,2138,059
54,45366,8898,090
56,17068,6498,130
57,86070,4918,166
59,59972,3898,217
61,47474,3278,274
63,47976,3268,317
65,59078,4118,344
67,80080,5648,370
70,11482,7878,390
72,55085,0968,410
75,13887,5308,438
77,79290,0668,476
80,53492,6328,527
83,36895,3378,594
86,22998,1148,680
89,193100,8588,791
92,209103,6548,847
95,232106,4668,890
98,320109,2678,930
101,499112,1008,969
104,767114,9649,004
108,171117,9249,107

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