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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	Nepal	Canada	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,087	30,510	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	274	23,487	30,796	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,887	31,132	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,273	31,473	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,645	31,758	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	279	24,989	32,055	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	280	25,255	32,360	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	281	25,484	32,688	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	282	25,732	33,007	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,998	33,367	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,298	33,750	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	286	26,664	34,127	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,081	34,463	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	288	27,505	34,839	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,917	35,209	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,311	35,565	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	291	28,678	35,831	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,034	36,239	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	29,384	36,677	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	293	29,718	37,198	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	294	30,057	37,736	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	294	30,595	38,174	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	295	31,311	38,383	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,845	38,685	174,217

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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