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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Croatia	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	4,377	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	4,334	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	4,171	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	4,176	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	4,176	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	4,179	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	4,182	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	4,183	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	4,183	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	4,181	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	4,177	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	4,167	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	4,154	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	4,141	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	4,126	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	4,109	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	4,081	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	4,047	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	4,006	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	3,968	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	3,945	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	3,925	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	3,839	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	3,790	108,171

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

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.

Croatia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.