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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	Canada	Albania	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	3,085	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	3,065	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	3,047	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	3,038	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	3,026	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	3,014	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	2,998	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	2,979	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	2,957	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	2,934	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	2,915	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	2,900	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	2,892	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	2,888	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	2,882	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	2,876	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	2,868	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	2,863	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	2,861	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	2,854	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	2,842	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	2,825	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	2,799	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	2,787	108,171	295

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 Albania, Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.