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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 - KinshasaNamibiaAustria
51,1811,8418,039
52,7821,8938,059
54,4531,9458,090
56,1701,9818,130
57,8602,0088,166
59,5992,0348,217
61,4742,0608,274
63,4792,0868,317
65,5902,1138,344
67,8002,1418,370
70,1142,1708,390
72,5502,2018,410
75,1382,2328,438
77,7922,2688,476
80,5342,3128,527
83,3682,3608,594
86,2292,4088,680
89,1932,4568,791
92,2092,5058,847
95,2322,5548,890
98,3202,6028,930
101,4992,6518,969
104,7672,7009,004
108,1712,7399,107

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