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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	Laos	Iceland	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	5,286	277	433
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	5,397	281	438
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	5,499	285	443
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	5,578	288	448
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	5,654	289	454
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	5,746	293	460
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	5,836	296	467
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	5,931	304	474
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	6,035	311	482
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	6,145	319	491
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	6,257	319	500
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	6,368	318	509
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	6,477	319	521
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	6,586	321	533
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	6,695	324	547
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	6,804	327	560
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	6,912	331	571
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	7,019	335	586
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	7,127	343	599
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	7,234	353	610
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	7,343	361	623
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	7,452	366	633
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	7,560	372	643
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	7,666	380	651

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 Laos, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.