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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Belgium	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	10,227	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	10,252	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	10,288	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	10,334	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	10,377	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	10,422	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	10,480	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	10,549	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	10,627	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	10,711	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	10,797	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	10,897	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	11,039	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	11,108	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	11,160	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	11,210	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	11,275	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	11,332	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	11,376	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	11,429	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	11,491	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	11,546	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	11,594	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	11,695	38,685

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

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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