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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 ParaguayCongo - KinshasaAustria
5,36651,1818,039
5,47352,7828,059
5,57954,4538,090
5,68356,1708,130
5,78657,8608,166
5,88659,5998,217
5,98461,4748,274
6,08063,4798,317
6,17365,5908,344
6,26467,8008,370
6,35270,1148,390
6,43872,5508,410
6,52275,1388,438
6,60577,7928,476
6,68880,5348,527
6,76983,3688,594
6,85086,2298,680
6,93089,1938,791
7,01292,2098,847
7,09595,2328,890
7,17998,3208,930
7,263101,4998,969
7,348104,7679,004
7,432108,1719,107

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