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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	Iceland	Canada	Nigeria
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	30,510	121,649
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	30,796	125,014
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	31,132	128,513
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	31,473	132,165
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	31,758	135,971
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	32,055	139,900
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	32,360	143,914
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	32,688	148,019
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	33,007	152,195
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	33,367	156,434
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	33,750	160,751
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	34,127	165,142
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	34,463	169,607
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	34,839	174,142
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	35,209	178,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	35,565	183,362
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	35,831	187,979
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	36,239	192,594
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	36,677	197,417
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	37,198	202,498
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	37,736	207,699
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	38,174	213,021
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	38,383	218,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	38,685	223,735

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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.

Nigeria

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.