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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	Benin	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	6,461	273
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	6,677	274
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	6,902	275
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	7,130	276
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	7,360	278
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	7,589	279
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	7,838	280
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	8,089	281
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	8,335	282
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	8,603	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	8,884	285
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	9,179	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	9,486	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	9,805	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	10,135	289
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	10,480	290
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	10,842	291
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	11,220	291
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	11,613	292
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	12,018	293
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	12,370	294
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	12,725	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	13,081	295
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	13,439	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 Benin, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.