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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	Cambodia	Canada	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,122	30,510	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,317	30,796	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,504	31,132	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,691	31,473	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,881	31,758	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,076	32,055	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,276	32,360	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,461	32,688	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,630	33,007	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	13,808	33,367	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,990	33,750	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,162	34,127	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,322	34,463	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,480	34,839	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,637	35,209	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,793	35,565	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	14,994	35,831	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,238	36,239	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	15,480	36,677	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,717	37,198	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,944	37,736	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,149	38,174	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,338	38,383	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	16,514	38,685	530

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

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, Cambodia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.