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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	51,181	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	52,782	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	54,453	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	56,170	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	57,860	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	59,599	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	61,474	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	63,479	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	65,590	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	67,800	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	70,114	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	72,550	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	75,138	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	77,792	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	80,534	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	83,368	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	86,229	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	89,193	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	92,209	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	95,232	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	98,320	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	101,499	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	104,767	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	108,171	530	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 Congo - Kinshasa, Malta, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.