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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	Malawi	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,310	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,658	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,020	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,395	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,786	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,196	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,625	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	14,072	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,539	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	15,026	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,525	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	16,028	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,534	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	17,042	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,551	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	18,060	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,571	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,086	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,603	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	20,122	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,640	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	21,159	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,677	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	22,239	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.

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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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.