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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Switzerland	Kenya
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	7,258	30,192
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	7,296	31,025
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	7,332	31,919
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	7,384	32,865
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	7,438	33,846
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	7,488	34,880
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	7,532	35,961
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	7,579	37,093
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	7,647	38,248
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	7,738	39,441
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	7,825	40,668
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	7,884	41,900
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	7,959	43,198
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	8,044	44,470
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	8,137	45,639
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	8,237	46,808
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	8,332	47,983
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	8,423	49,095
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	8,502	50,201
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	8,565	51,357
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	8,626	52,522
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	8,689	53,691
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	8,756	54,867
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	8,834	55,924

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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

Kenya

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.