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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	Luxembourg	Saudi Arabia	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	433	19,964	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	438	20,426	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	443	20,956	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	448	21,549	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	454	22,189	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	460	22,850	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	467	23,516	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	474	24,178	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	482	24,841	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	491	25,518	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	500	26,227	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	27,068	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	521	27,810	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	533	28,516	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	547	29,220	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	560	29,936	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	571	30,646	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	586	31,360	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	599	32,184	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	610	32,869	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	623	33,661	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	633	34,542	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	643	33,651	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	651	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

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, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.