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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Luxembourg	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	433	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	438	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	443	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	448	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	454	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	460	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	467	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	474	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	482	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	491	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	500	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	509	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	521	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	533	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	547	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	560	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	571	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	586	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	599	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	610	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	623	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	633	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	643	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	651	19,512

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 Luxembourg, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.