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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 CameroonSudanAustria
15,48326,1688,039
15,91326,7718,059
16,35427,3878,090
16,81528,0178,130
17,28928,6628,166
17,76429,3218,217
18,24929,9968,274
18,74630,6868,317
19,27831,3938,344
19,84332,1378,370
20,41933,0788,390
21,00233,8918,410
21,58634,5688,438
22,18135,2938,476
22,80036,0938,527
23,51337,0588,594
24,27338,1658,680
24,99539,2948,791
25,68040,5128,847
26,37341,7648,890
27,11442,9528,930
27,87844,1218,969
28,66345,2909,004
29,41746,4989,107

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 Cameroon, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.