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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	Italy	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,510	56,940	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	30,796	56,966	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,132	57,004	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	31,473	57,114	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	31,758	57,423	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	32,055	57,852	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	32,360	58,191	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	32,688	58,424	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	33,007	58,781	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	33,367	59,236	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,750	59,580	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	34,127	59,844	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,463	60,052	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,839	60,216	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,209	60,337	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	35,565	60,346	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	35,831	60,255	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	36,239	60,140	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,677	60,027	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,198	59,902	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,736	59,754	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,174	59,464	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,383	59,158	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	38,685	58,966	98

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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