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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	Sudan	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,510	26,168	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	30,796	26,771	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,132	27,387	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	31,473	28,017	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	31,758	28,662	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	32,055	29,321	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	32,360	29,996	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	32,688	30,686	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	33,007	31,393	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	33,367	32,137	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,750	33,078	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	34,127	33,891	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,463	34,568	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,839	35,293	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,209	36,093	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	35,565	37,058	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	35,831	38,165	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	36,239	39,294	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,677	40,512	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,198	41,764	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,736	42,952	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,174	44,121	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,383	45,290	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	38,685	46,498	220

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, Sudan, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.