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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	Chile	Canada	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,140	30,510	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,340	30,796	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	15,513	31,132	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	15,686	31,473	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	15,859	31,758	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	16,029	32,055	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	16,222	32,360	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	16,364	32,688	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	16,536	33,007	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	16,700	33,367	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	16,864	33,750	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,999	34,127	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	17,189	34,463	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,378	34,839	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,545	35,209	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,720	35,565	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	17,904	35,831	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,099	36,239	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	18,350	36,677	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	18,681	37,198	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,035	37,736	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,385	38,174	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,604	38,383	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,715	38,685	651

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

Chile

1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

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