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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 ParaguayAustriaCongo - Kinshasa
5,3668,03951,181
5,4738,05952,782
5,5798,09054,453
5,6838,13056,170
5,7868,16657,860
5,8868,21759,599
5,9848,27461,474
6,0808,31763,479
6,1738,34465,590
6,2648,37067,800
6,3528,39070,114
6,4388,41072,550
6,5228,43875,138
6,6058,47677,792
6,6888,52780,534
6,7698,59483,368
6,8508,68086,229
6,9308,79189,193
7,0128,84792,209
7,0958,89095,232
7,1798,93098,320
7,2638,969101,499
7,3489,004104,767
7,4329,107108,171

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