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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaAlbaniaAustralia
51,1813,08518,692
52,7823,06518,907
54,4533,04719,151
56,1703,03819,371
57,8603,02619,595
59,5993,01419,805
61,4742,99820,048
63,4792,97920,320
65,5902,95720,694
67,8002,93421,113
70,1142,91521,553
72,5502,90021,891
75,1382,89222,197
77,7922,88822,588
80,5342,88222,980
83,3682,87623,326
86,2292,86823,664
89,1932,86324,036
92,2092,86124,445
95,2322,85424,823
98,3202,84225,204
101,4992,82525,529
104,7672,79925,574
108,1712,78725,826

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.