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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 TunisiaAustriaCongo - Kinshasa
9,4178,03951,181
9,5148,05952,782
9,6138,09054,453
9,7118,13056,170
9,8108,16657,860
9,9068,21759,599
9,9978,27461,474
10,0878,31763,479
10,1788,34465,590
10,2748,37067,800
10,3778,39070,114
10,4918,41072,550
10,6128,43875,138
10,7378,47677,792
10,8668,52780,534
10,9968,59483,368
11,1248,68086,229
11,2488,79189,193
11,3658,84792,209
11,4778,89095,232
11,5838,93098,320
11,6818,969101,499
11,7729,004104,767
11,8629,107108,171

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