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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	Canada	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	273	152	30,510	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	274	153	30,796	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	154	31,132	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	276	155	31,473	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	278	156	31,758	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	279	157	32,055	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	280	157	32,360	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	281	158	32,688	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	282	159	33,007	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	283	160	33,367	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	285	160	33,750	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	286	161	34,127	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	287	162	34,463	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	162	34,839	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	289	163	35,209	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	290	163	35,565	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	291	164	35,831	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	291	164	36,239	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	165	36,677	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	293	166	37,198	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	294	166	37,736	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	294	167	38,174	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	295	167	38,383	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	167	38,685	58,966

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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