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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	Oman	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,510	2,348	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	274	30,796	2,403	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,132	2,457	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	276	31,473	2,510	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	278	31,758	2,562	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	279	32,055	2,613	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	280	32,360	2,663	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	281	32,688	2,713	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	282	33,007	2,764	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	283	33,367	2,816	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,750	2,871	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	34,127	2,928	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,463	2,986	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,839	3,047	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,209	3,110	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	290	35,565	3,174	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	291	35,831	3,240	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	291	36,239	3,307	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,677	3,375	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,198	3,444	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,736	3,512	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,174	3,582	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,383	3,651	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	295	38,685	3,696	13,439

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, Oman, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.