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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 - KinshasaYemenAustria
51,18116,7288,039
52,78217,2368,059
54,45317,7628,090
56,17018,3108,130
57,86018,8558,166
59,59919,4108,217
61,47420,0008,274
63,47920,6118,317
65,59021,2368,344
67,80021,8788,370
70,11422,5338,390
72,55023,1958,410
75,13823,8808,438
77,79224,5948,476
80,53425,3118,527
83,36826,0208,594
86,22926,6988,680
89,19327,3478,791
92,20927,9858,847
95,23228,6088,890
98,32029,2168,930
101,49929,8118,969
104,76730,3999,004
108,17131,0589,107

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