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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Congo - Kinshasa	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	51,181	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	52,782	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	54,453	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	56,170	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	57,860	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	59,599	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	61,474	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	63,479	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	65,590	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	67,800	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	70,114	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	72,550	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	75,138	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	77,792	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	80,534	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	83,368	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	86,229	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	89,193	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	92,209	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	95,232	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	98,320	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	101,499	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	104,767	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	108,171	31,058

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