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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	Denmark	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	5,322	152
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	5,339	153
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	5,358	154
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	5,377	155
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	5,391	156
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	5,404	157
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	5,420	157
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	5,438	158
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	5,461	159
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	5,494	160
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	5,524	160
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	5,548	161
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	5,571	162
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	5,592	162
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	5,614	163
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	5,644	163
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	5,683	164
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	5,730	164
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	5,766	165
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	5,795	166
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	5,818	166
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	5,831	167
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	5,855	167
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	5,907	167

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.

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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 Denmark, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.