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

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

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

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.