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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	Qatar	Canada	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	30,510	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	30,796	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	31,132	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	31,473	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	31,758	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	32,055	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	32,360	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	32,688	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	33,007	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	33,367	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	33,750	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	34,127	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	34,463	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	34,839	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	35,209	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	35,565	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	35,831	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	36,239	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	36,677	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	37,198	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	37,736	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	38,174	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	38,383	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	38,685	220

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, Qatar, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.