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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	30,510	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	30,796	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	31,132	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	31,473	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	31,758	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	32,055	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	32,360	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	32,688	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	33,007	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	33,367	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	33,750	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	34,127	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	34,463	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	34,839	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	35,209	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	35,565	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	35,831	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	36,239	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	36,677	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	37,198	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	37,736	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	38,174	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	38,383	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	38,685	2,559

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

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