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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Lebanon	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	3,460	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	3,499	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	3,554	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	3,610	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	3,665	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	3,721	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	3,777	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	3,853	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	3,954	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	4,036	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	4,082	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	4,097	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	4,115	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	4,206	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	4,696	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	5,365	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	5,640	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	5,688	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	5,680	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	5,562	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	5,331	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	4,986	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	4,802	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	4,713	7,387

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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.