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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	Japan
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	30,510	126,512
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	30,796	126,755
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	31,132	127,056
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	31,473	127,324
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	31,758	127,558
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	32,055	127,658
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	32,360	127,679
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	32,688	127,762
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	33,007	127,904
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	33,367	127,969
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	33,750	127,958
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	34,127	127,967
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	34,463	127,755
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	34,839	127,476
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	35,209	127,257
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	35,565	127,186
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	35,831	127,034
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	36,239	126,857
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	36,677	126,631
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	37,198	126,368
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	37,736	126,092
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	38,174	125,634
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	38,383	125,427
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	38,685	124,762

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.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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