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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	Canada	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	30,510	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	30,796	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	31,132	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	31,473	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	31,758	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	32,055	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	32,360	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	32,688	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	33,007	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	33,367	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	33,750	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	34,127	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	34,463	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	34,839	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	35,209	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	35,565	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	35,831	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	36,239	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	36,677	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	37,198	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	37,736	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	38,174	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	38,383	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	38,685	2,787

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