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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 MauritaniaCongo - KinshasaAustria
2,43751,1818,039
2,50152,7828,059
2,56654,4538,090
2,63256,1708,130
2,69957,8608,166
2,76859,5998,217
2,83861,4748,274
2,90963,4798,317
2,98165,5908,344
3,05567,8008,370
3,12970,1148,390
3,20572,5508,410
3,28275,1388,438
3,35977,7928,476
3,43880,5348,527
3,51783,3688,594
3,59786,2298,680
3,67789,1938,791
3,75992,2098,847
3,84095,2328,890
3,94298,3208,930
4,045101,4998,969
4,150104,7679,004
4,259108,1719,107

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