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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	Barbados	Afghanistan	Canada	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,206	30,510	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,461	30,796	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,507	31,132	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,600	31,473	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	25,005	31,758	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,698	32,055	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,335	32,360	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	27,154	32,688	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	27,387	33,007	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	27,706	33,367	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,484	33,750	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	29,121	34,127	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,758	34,463	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	30,420	34,839	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	31,108	35,209	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	31,823	35,565	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	32,564	35,831	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	33,332	36,239	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	34,125	36,677	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	34,941	37,198	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	35,972	37,736	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	37,034	38,174	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,127	38,383	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	39,252	38,685	651

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