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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	Saudi Arabia	Canada	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	30,510	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	30,796	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	31,132	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	31,473	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	31,758	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	32,055	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	32,360	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	32,688	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	33,007	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	33,367	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	33,750	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	34,127	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	34,463	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	34,839	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	35,209	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	35,565	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	35,831	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	36,239	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	36,677	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	37,198	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	37,736	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	38,174	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	38,383	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.