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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Central African RepublicAustriaSão Tomé & Príncipe
3,8898,039138
3,9808,059141
4,0548,090144
4,1288,130147
4,2158,166151
4,2898,217154
4,3638,274158
4,4498,317161
4,5448,344165
4,6418,370168
4,7428,390172
4,8458,410176
4,9508,438180
5,0578,476183
5,1678,527187
5,2788,594190
5,3928,680194
5,5078,791198
5,6258,847201
5,7458,890204
5,8748,930208
6,0258,969212
6,1549,004216
6,2919,107220

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, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.