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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	Canada	Albania	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,510	3,085	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	30,796	3,065	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,132	3,047	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	31,473	3,038	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	31,758	3,026	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	32,055	3,014	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	32,360	2,998	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	32,688	2,979	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	33,007	2,957	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	33,367	2,934	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,750	2,915	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	34,127	2,900	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,463	2,892	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,839	2,888	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,209	2,882	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	35,565	2,876	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	35,831	2,868	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	36,239	2,863	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,677	2,861	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,198	2,854	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,736	2,842	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,174	2,825	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,383	2,799	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	38,685	2,787	64,835

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, Albania, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.