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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	Benin	Canada	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	6,461	30,510	138
Dec 31, 2000	6,677	30,796	141
Dec 31, 2001	6,902	31,132	144
Dec 31, 2002	7,130	31,473	147
Dec 31, 2003	7,360	31,758	151
Dec 31, 2004	7,589	32,055	154
Dec 31, 2005	7,838	32,360	158
Dec 31, 2006	8,089	32,688	161
Dec 31, 2007	8,335	33,007	165
Dec 31, 2008	8,603	33,367	168
Dec 31, 2009	8,884	33,750	172
Dec 31, 2010	9,179	34,127	176
Dec 31, 2011	9,486	34,463	180
Dec 31, 2012	9,805	34,839	183
Dec 31, 2013	10,135	35,209	187
Dec 31, 2014	10,480	35,565	190
Dec 31, 2015	10,842	35,831	194
Dec 31, 2016	11,220	36,239	198
Dec 31, 2017	11,613	36,677	201
Dec 31, 2018	12,018	37,198	204
Dec 31, 2019	12,370	37,736	208
Dec 31, 2020	12,725	38,174	212
Dec 31, 2021	13,081	38,383	216
Dec 31, 2022	13,439	38,685	220

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 Benin, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.