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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	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,510	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	30,796	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,132	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	31,473	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	31,758	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	32,055	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	32,360	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	32,688	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	33,007	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	33,367	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,750	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	34,127	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,463	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,839	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,209	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	35,565	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	35,831	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	36,239	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,677	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,198	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,736	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,174	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,383	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	38,685	3,570	530

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, Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.