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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 - KinshasaLaosAustria
51,1815,2868,039
52,7825,3978,059
54,4535,4998,090
56,1705,5788,130
57,8605,6548,166
59,5995,7468,217
61,4745,8368,274
63,4795,9318,317
65,5906,0358,344
67,8006,1458,370
70,1146,2578,390
72,5506,3688,410
75,1386,4778,438
77,7926,5868,476
80,5346,6958,527
83,3686,8048,594
86,2296,9128,680
89,1937,0198,791
92,2097,1278,847
95,2327,2348,890
98,3207,3438,930
101,4997,4528,969
104,7677,5609,004
108,1717,6669,107

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