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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 RepublicCongo - KinshasaAustria
3,88951,1818,039
3,98052,7828,059
4,05454,4538,090
4,12856,1708,130
4,21557,8608,166
4,28959,5998,217
4,36361,4748,274
4,44963,4798,317
4,54465,5908,344
4,64167,8008,370
4,74270,1148,390
4,84572,5508,410
4,95075,1388,438
5,05777,7928,476
5,16780,5348,527
5,27883,3688,594
5,39286,2298,680
5,50789,1938,791
5,62592,2098,847
5,74595,2328,890
5,87498,3208,930
6,025101,4998,969
6,154104,7679,004
6,291108,1719,107

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