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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	Switzerland	Canada	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,258	30,510	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,296	30,796	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,332	31,132	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,384	31,473	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,438	31,758	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,488	32,055	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,532	32,360	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	7,579	32,688	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	7,647	33,007	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,738	33,367	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	7,825	33,750	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	7,884	34,127	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	7,959	34,463	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,044	34,839	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	8,137	35,209	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	8,237	35,565	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	8,332	35,831	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	8,423	36,239	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	8,502	36,677	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	8,565	37,198	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	8,626	37,736	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	8,689	38,174	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	8,756	38,383	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	8,834	38,685	530

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

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.