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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	Mali	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	10,596	273
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	10,833	274
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	10,890	275
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	11,007	276
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	11,307	278
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	11,579	279
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	11,804	280
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	12,043	281
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	12,337	282
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	12,657	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	12,986	285
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	13,325	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	13,679	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	14,040	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	14,412	289
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	14,803	290
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	15,210	291
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	15,629	291
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	16,060	292
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	16,507	293
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	16,967	294
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	17,442	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	17,930	295
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	18,494	295

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 Mali, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.