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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 MaliAustriaCongo - Kinshasa
10,5968,03951,181
10,8338,05952,782
10,8908,09054,453
11,0078,13056,170
11,3078,16657,860
11,5798,21759,599
11,8048,27461,474
12,0438,31763,479
12,3378,34465,590
12,6578,37067,800
12,9868,39070,114
13,3258,41072,550
13,6798,43875,138
14,0408,47677,792
14,4128,52780,534
14,8038,59483,368
15,2108,68086,229
15,6298,79189,193
16,0608,84792,209
16,5078,89095,232
16,9678,93098,320
17,4428,969101,499
17,9309,004104,767
18,4949,107108,171

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

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