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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Canada	Malta	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	387	531
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	390	545
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	393	559
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	396	574
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	398	590
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	401	606
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	404	623
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	405	640
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	406	657
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	409	674
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	412	690
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	414	706
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	416	722
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	420	737
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	426	752
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	435	767
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	445	781
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	455	795
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	468	808
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	485	821
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	504	837
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	516	853
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	518	869
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	530	885

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