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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	Cape Verde	Canada	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	30,510	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	30,796	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	31,132	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	31,473	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	31,758	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	32,055	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	32,360	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	32,688	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	33,007	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	33,367	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	33,750	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	34,127	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	34,463	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	34,839	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	35,209	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	35,565	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	35,831	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	36,239	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	36,677	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	37,198	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	37,736	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	38,174	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	38,383	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	38,685	21,889

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, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.