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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 YemenAustriaCongo - Kinshasa
16,7288,03951,181
17,2368,05952,782
17,7628,09054,453
18,3108,13056,170
18,8558,16657,860
19,4108,21759,599
20,0008,27461,474
20,6118,31763,479
21,2368,34465,590
21,8788,37067,800
22,5338,39070,114
23,1958,41072,550
23,8808,43875,138
24,5948,47677,792
25,3118,52780,534
26,0208,59483,368
26,6988,68086,229
27,3478,79189,193
27,9858,84792,209
28,6088,89095,232
29,2168,93098,320
29,8118,969101,499
30,3999,004104,767
31,0589,107108,171

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