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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	Greece	Canada	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,618	30,510	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,662	30,796	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,718	31,132	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,757	31,473	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,783	31,758	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,809	32,055	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,841	32,360	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,874	32,688	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,901	33,007	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,930	33,367	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,959	33,750	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,973	34,127	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,957	34,463	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,898	34,839	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,819	35,209	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,747	35,565	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,677	35,831	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,633	36,239	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,612	36,677	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,590	37,198	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,579	37,736	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,556	38,174	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,499	38,383	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,437	38,685	167

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

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.