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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 EthiopiaCongo - KinshasaAustria
63,57551,1818,039
65,21352,7828,059
66,88954,4538,090
68,64956,1708,130
70,49157,8608,166
72,38959,5998,217
74,32761,4748,274
76,32663,4798,317
78,41165,5908,344
80,56467,8008,370
82,78770,1148,390
85,09672,5508,410
87,53075,1388,438
90,06677,7928,476
92,63280,5348,527
95,33783,3688,594
98,11486,2298,680
100,85889,1938,791
103,65492,2098,847
106,46695,2328,890
109,26798,3208,930
112,100101,4998,969
114,964104,7679,004
117,924108,1719,107

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 Ethiopia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.