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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ghana	Austria	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	19,327	8,039	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	19,792	8,059	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	20,280	8,090	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	20,806	8,130	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	21,350	8,166	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	21,900	8,217	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	22,469	8,274	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	23,058	8,317	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	23,661	8,344	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	24,270	8,370	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	24,899	8,390	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	25,559	8,410	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	26,244	8,438	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	26,945	8,476	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	27,664	8,527	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	28,405	8,594	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	29,146	8,680	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	29,879	8,791	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	30,617	8,847	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	31,362	8,890	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	32,111	8,930	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	32,864	8,969	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	33,622	9,004	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	34,280	9,107	108,171

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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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