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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	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	30,510	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	30,796	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	31,132	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	31,473	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	31,758	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	32,055	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	32,360	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	32,688	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	33,007	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	33,367	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	33,750	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	34,127	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	34,463	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	34,839	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	35,209	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	35,565	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	35,831	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	36,239	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	36,677	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	37,198	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	37,736	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	38,174	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	38,383	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	38,685	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.