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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	United Arab Emirates	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	3,101	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	3,284	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	3,458	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	3,613	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	3,754	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	3,882	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	4,000	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	4,532	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	5,623	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	7,277	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	8,164	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	8,152	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	8,438	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	8,747	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	9,077	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	9,321	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	9,461	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	9,587	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	9,699	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	9,796	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	9,879	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	9,953	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	10,018	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	10,099	117,924

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

No separate list is published for United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.