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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	Syria	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	15,930	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	16,329	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	16,730	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	17,132	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	17,534	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	17,942	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	18,423	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	19,252	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	20,493	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	21,221	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	21,542	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	22,050	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	22,458	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	22,258	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	20,901	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	19,318	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	18,272	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	17,669	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	17,327	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	17,601	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	18,440	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	19,241	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	20,226	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	20,985	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.

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.