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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Congo - Brazzaville	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	2,886	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	2,999	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	3,113	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	3,181	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	3,274	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	3,400	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	3,543	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	3,702	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	3,859	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	3,989	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	4,146	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	4,324	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	4,468	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	4,581	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	4,667	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	4,757	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	4,851	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	4,951	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	5,055	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	5,164	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	5,279	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	5,400	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	5,527	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	5,655	46,498

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 - Brazzaville, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.