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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 - KinshasaQatarAustria
51,1816278,039
52,7826598,059
54,4536918,090
56,1707248,130
57,8607578,166
59,5998508,217
61,4741,0018,274
63,4791,1538,317
65,5901,3068,344
67,8001,4608,370
70,1141,6158,390
72,5501,7708,410
75,1381,9048,438
77,7922,0108,476
80,5342,1038,527
83,3682,1878,594
86,2292,2618,680
89,1932,3268,791
92,2092,3848,847
95,2322,4358,890
98,3202,4808,930
101,4992,5198,969
104,7672,5539,004
108,1712,5599,107

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