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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	Iceland	Barbados	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	277	273	152
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	281	274	153
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	285	275	154
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	288	276	155
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	289	278	156
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	293	279	157
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	296	280	157
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	304	281	158
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	311	282	159
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	319	283	160
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	319	285	160
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	318	286	161
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	319	287	162
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	321	288	162
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	324	289	163
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	327	290	163
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	331	291	164
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	335	291	164
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	343	292	165
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	353	293	166
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	361	294	166
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	366	294	167
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	372	295	167
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	380	295	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.

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

No separate list is published for Barbados, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.