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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Afghanistan	Oman	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	22,206	2,348	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	22,461	2,403	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	22,507	2,457	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	23,600	2,510	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	25,005	2,562	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	25,698	2,613	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	26,335	2,663	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	27,154	2,713	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	27,387	2,764	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	27,706	2,816	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	28,484	2,871	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	29,121	2,928	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	29,758	2,986	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	30,420	3,047	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	31,108	3,110	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	31,823	3,174	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	32,564	3,240	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	33,332	3,307	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	34,125	3,375	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	34,941	3,444	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	35,972	3,512	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	37,034	3,582	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,127	3,651	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	39,252	3,696	38,685	295

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.

All data sources

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

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.