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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 - KinshasaDenmarkAustralia
51,1815,32218,692
52,7825,33918,907
54,4535,35819,151
56,1705,37719,371
57,8605,39119,595
59,5995,40419,805
61,4745,42020,048
63,4795,43820,320
65,5905,46120,694
67,8005,49421,113
70,1145,52421,553
72,5505,54821,891
75,1385,57122,197
77,7925,59222,588
80,5345,61422,980
83,3685,64423,326
86,2295,68323,664
89,1935,73024,036
92,2095,76624,445
95,2325,79524,823
98,3205,81825,204
101,4995,83125,529
104,7675,85525,574
108,1715,90725,826

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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.