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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	Guinea	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	7,610	152
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	7,780	153
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	7,821	154
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	7,906	155
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	8,121	156
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	8,317	157
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	8,478	157
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	8,650	158
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	8,860	159
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	9,091	160
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	9,327	160
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	9,571	161
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	9,825	162
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	10,084	162
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	10,351	163
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	10,632	163
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	10,924	164
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	11,225	164
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	11,534	165
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	11,855	166
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	12,160	166
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	12,469	167
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	12,778	167
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	13,087	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 Guinea, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.