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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	St. Lucia	Bangladesh	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	132,907	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	135,207	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	137,420	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	139,573	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	141,650	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	143,644	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	145,546	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	147,376	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	149,047	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	150,562	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	152,189	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	153,927	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	155,634	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	157,326	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	158,999	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	160,650	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	162,273	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	163,938	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	165,655	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	167,358	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	169,045	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	170,709	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	172,354	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	174,217	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: 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.