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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	Namibia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	1,841	387
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	1,893	390
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	1,945	393
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	1,981	396
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	2,008	398
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	2,034	401
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	2,060	404
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	2,086	405
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	2,113	406
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	2,141	409
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	2,170	412
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	2,201	414
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	2,232	416
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	2,268	420
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	2,312	426
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	2,360	435
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	2,408	445
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	2,456	455
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	2,505	468
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	2,554	485
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	2,602	504
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	2,651	516
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	2,700	518
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	2,739	530

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