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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	Ethiopia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	63,575	387
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	65,213	390
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	66,889	393
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	68,649	396
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	70,491	398
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	72,389	401
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	74,327	404
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	76,326	405
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	78,411	406
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	80,564	409
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	82,787	412
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	85,096	414
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	87,530	416
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	90,066	420
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	92,632	426
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	95,337	435
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	98,114	445
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	100,858	455
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	103,654	468
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	106,466	485
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	109,267	504
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	112,100	516
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	114,964	518
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	117,924	530

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 Ethiopia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.