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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	Sri Lanka	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,354	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,610	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	19,838	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,060	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	20,297	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	20,529	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,703	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,917	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,120	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,315	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,503	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	21,713	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,918	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,120	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,320	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	22,517	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	22,711	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	22,899	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	23,080	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	23,254	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	23,420	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	23,579	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	23,732	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	23,796	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.

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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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.