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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 Central African RepublicAustriaCongo - Kinshasa
3,8898,03951,181
3,9808,05952,782
4,0548,09054,453
4,1288,13056,170
4,2158,16657,860
4,2898,21759,599
4,3638,27461,474
4,4498,31763,479
4,5448,34465,590
4,6418,37067,800
4,7428,39070,114
4,8458,41072,550
4,9508,43875,138
5,0578,47677,792
5,1678,52780,534
5,2788,59483,368
5,3928,68086,229
5,5078,79189,193
5,6258,84792,209
5,7458,89095,232
5,8748,93098,320
6,0258,969101,499
6,1549,004104,767
6,2919,107108,171

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 Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.