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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	Uganda	Canada	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	23,408	30,510	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	24,195	30,796	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	24,992	31,132	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	25,846	31,473	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	26,661	31,758	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	27,414	32,055	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	28,200	32,360	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	29,021	32,688	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	29,846	33,007	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	30,647	33,367	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	31,469	33,750	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,343	34,127	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	33,257	34,463	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	34,234	34,839	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	35,271	35,209	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	36,419	35,565	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	37,673	35,831	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	39,157	36,239	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	40,879	36,677	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	42,329	37,198	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	43,639	37,736	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	45,120	38,174	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	46,645	38,383	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	48,065	38,685	530

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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