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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	Malta	Canada	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	30,510	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	30,796	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	31,132	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	31,473	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	31,758	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	32,055	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	32,360	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	32,688	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	33,007	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	33,367	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	33,750	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	34,127	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	34,463	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	34,839	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	35,209	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	35,565	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	35,831	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	36,239	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	36,677	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	37,198	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	37,736	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	38,174	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	38,383	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	38,685	5,556

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.

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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