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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	Central African Republic	Canada	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	30,510	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	30,796	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	31,132	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	31,473	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	31,758	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	32,055	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	32,360	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	32,688	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	33,007	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	33,367	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	33,750	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	34,127	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	34,463	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	34,839	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	35,209	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	35,565	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	35,831	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	36,239	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	36,677	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	37,198	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	37,736	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	38,174	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	38,383	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	38,685	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.

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