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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	Thailand	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,510	59,748	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	30,796	60,165	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,132	60,746	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	31,473	61,323	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	31,758	61,884	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	32,055	62,425	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	32,360	62,956	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	32,688	63,467	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	33,007	63,937	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	33,367	64,381	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,750	64,804	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	34,127	65,208	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,463	65,599	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,839	65,970	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,209	66,332	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	35,565	66,673	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	35,831	66,975	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	36,239	67,250	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,677	67,506	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,198	67,750	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,736	67,975	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,174	68,180	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,383	68,366	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	38,685	68,457	167

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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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