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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	United States	Canada	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	279,040	30,510	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	282,162	30,796	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	284,969	31,132	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	287,625	31,473	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	290,108	31,758	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	292,805	32,055	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	295,517	32,360	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	298,380	32,688	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	301,231	33,007	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	304,094	33,367	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	306,772	33,750	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	309,327	34,127	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	311,583	34,463	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	313,878	34,839	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	316,060	35,209	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	318,386	35,565	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	320,739	35,831	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	323,072	36,239	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	325,122	36,677	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	326,838	37,198	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	328,330	37,736	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	331,512	38,174	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	332,032	38,383	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	333,288	38,685	651

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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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