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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	Russia	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	147,218	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	146,600	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	145,980	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	145,310	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	144,652	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	144,071	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	143,522	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	143,053	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	142,809	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	142,746	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	142,789	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	142,853	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	142,964	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	143,205	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	143,510	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	146,094	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	146,410	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	146,678	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	146,846	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	146,834	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	146,768	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	146,463	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	145,849	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	146,693	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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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.