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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 SudanBurkina FasoAustralia
26,16811,07518,692
26,77111,40518,907
27,38711,82819,151
28,01712,38019,371
28,66212,82919,595
29,32113,17819,805
29,99613,54020,048
30,68613,91720,320
31,39314,30920,694
32,13714,72221,113
33,07815,15221,553
33,89115,60021,891
34,56816,06422,197
35,29316,56322,588
36,09317,07222,980
37,05817,57523,326
38,16518,09423,664
39,29418,62124,036
40,51219,15724,445
41,76419,69824,823
42,95220,24225,204
44,12120,78825,529
45,29021,33625,574
46,49821,88925,826

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 Sudan, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.