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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	Mexico
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	30,510	97,242
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	30,796	98,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	31,132	99,599
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	31,473	100,863
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	31,758	102,132
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	32,055	103,334
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	32,360	104,508
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	32,688	105,738
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	33,007	107,083
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	33,367	108,554
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	33,750	110,061
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	34,127	111,468
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	34,463	112,826
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	34,839	114,163
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	35,209	115,471
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	35,565	116,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	35,831	118,017
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	36,239	117,444
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	36,677	118,799
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	37,198	120,289
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	37,736	121,872
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	38,174	123,260
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	38,383	124,462
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	38,685	125,247

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.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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