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

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.

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