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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	Thailand	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	138	59,748	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	141	60,165	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	144	60,746	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	147	61,323	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	151	61,884	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	154	62,425	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	158	62,956	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	161	63,467	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	165	63,937	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	168	64,381	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	172	64,804	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	176	65,208	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	180	65,599	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	183	65,970	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	187	66,332	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	190	66,673	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	194	66,975	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	198	67,250	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	201	67,506	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	204	67,750	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	208	67,975	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	212	68,180	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	216	68,366	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	220	68,457	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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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.