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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Palestinian Territories	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	2,996	422
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	3,075	430
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	3,155	438
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	3,235	447
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	3,315	455
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	3,396	463
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	3,478	471
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	3,559	478
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	3,642	486
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	3,727	494
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	3,817	501
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	3,907	509
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	3,997	516
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	4,088	524
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	4,178	531
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	4,269	539
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	4,359	546
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	4,451	553
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	4,533	562
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	4,615	568
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	4,715	574
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	4,820	580
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	4,930	585
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	5,042	590

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 Palestinian Territories, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.