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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	Palestinian Territories	Canada	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,996	30,510	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,075	30,796	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,155	31,132	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,235	31,473	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,315	31,758	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,396	32,055	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,478	32,360	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,559	32,688	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,642	33,007	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,727	33,367	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,817	33,750	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,907	34,127	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,997	34,463	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,088	34,839	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,178	35,209	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,269	35,565	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,359	35,831	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,451	36,239	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,533	36,677	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,615	37,198	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,715	37,736	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	4,820	38,174	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	4,930	38,383	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,042	38,685	167

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.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Palestinian Territories, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.