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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	Syria	Burkina Faso	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,930	11,075	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	16,329	11,405	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,730	11,828	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	17,132	12,380	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,534	12,829	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,942	13,178	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,423	13,540	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	19,252	13,917	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	20,493	14,309	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,221	14,722	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	21,542	15,152	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	22,050	15,600	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	22,458	16,064	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	22,258	16,563	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,901	17,072	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	19,318	17,575	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,272	18,094	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	17,669	18,621	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,327	19,157	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,601	19,698	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,440	20,242	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,241	20,788	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	20,226	21,336	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	20,985	21,889	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

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.