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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Barbados	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	70	273	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	71	274	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	71	275	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	72	276	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	72	278	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	72	279	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	72	280	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	72	281	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	72	282	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	73	283	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	73	285	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	73	286	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	73	287	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	73	288	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	73	289	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	73	290	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	74	291	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	74	291	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	74	292	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	74	293	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	75	294	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	75	294	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	76	295	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	76	295	25,826

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 Dominica, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.