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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,510	51,181	531
Dec 31, 2000	274	30,796	52,782	545
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,132	54,453	559
Dec 31, 2002	276	31,473	56,170	574
Dec 31, 2003	278	31,758	57,860	590
Dec 31, 2004	279	32,055	59,599	606
Dec 31, 2005	280	32,360	61,474	623
Dec 31, 2006	281	32,688	63,479	640
Dec 31, 2007	282	33,007	65,590	657
Dec 31, 2008	283	33,367	67,800	674
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,750	70,114	690
Dec 31, 2010	286	34,127	72,550	706
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,463	75,138	722
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,839	77,792	737
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,209	80,534	752
Dec 31, 2014	290	35,565	83,368	767
Dec 31, 2015	291	35,831	86,229	781
Dec 31, 2016	291	36,239	89,193	795
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,677	92,209	808
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,198	95,232	821
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,736	98,320	837
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,174	101,499	853
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,383	104,767	869
Dec 31, 2022	295	38,685	108,171	885

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.