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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 RepublicSão Tomé & PríncipeAustria
3,8891388,039
3,9801418,059
4,0541448,090
4,1281478,130
4,2151518,166
4,2891548,217
4,3631588,274
4,4491618,317
4,5441658,344
4,6411688,370
4,7421728,390
4,8451768,410
4,9501808,438
5,0571838,476
5,1671878,527
5,2781908,594
5,3921948,680
5,5071988,791
5,6252018,847
5,7452048,890
5,8742088,930
6,0252128,969
6,1542169,004
6,2912209,107

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