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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	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	30,510	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	30,796	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	31,132	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	31,473	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	31,758	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	32,055	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	32,360	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	32,688	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	33,007	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	33,367	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	33,750	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	34,127	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	34,463	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	34,839	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	35,209	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	35,565	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	35,831	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	36,239	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	36,677	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	37,198	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	37,736	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	38,174	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	38,383	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	38,685	6,291

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.