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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	Yemen	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	30,510	16,728	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	30,796	17,236	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	31,132	17,762	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	31,473	18,310	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	31,758	18,855	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	32,055	19,410	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	32,360	20,000	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	32,688	20,611	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	33,007	21,236	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	33,367	21,878	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	33,750	22,533	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	34,127	23,195	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	34,463	23,880	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,839	24,594	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,209	25,311	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	35,565	26,020	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	35,831	26,698	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	36,239	27,347	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,677	27,985	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,198	28,608	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,736	29,216	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,174	29,811	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	38,383	30,399	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	38,685	31,058	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, Yemen, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.