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

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.

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.

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.