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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 GuineaCongo - KinshasaAustria
7,61051,1818,039
7,78052,7828,059
7,82154,4538,090
7,90656,1708,130
8,12157,8608,166
8,31759,5998,217
8,47861,4748,274
8,65063,4798,317
8,86065,5908,344
9,09167,8008,370
9,32770,1148,390
9,57172,5508,410
9,82575,1388,438
10,08477,7928,476
10,35180,5348,527
10,63283,3688,594
10,92486,2298,680
11,22589,1938,791
11,53492,2098,847
11,85595,2328,890
12,16098,3208,930
12,469101,4998,969
12,778104,7679,004
13,087108,1719,107

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