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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	Spain	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	38,685

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.

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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

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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; the database as a whole is cited above.