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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	Oman	Italy	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	2,348	56,940	273
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	2,403	56,966	274
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	2,457	57,004	275
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	2,510	57,114	276
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	2,562	57,423	278
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	2,613	57,852	279
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	2,663	58,191	280
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	2,713	58,424	281
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	2,764	58,781	282
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	2,816	59,236	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	2,871	59,580	285
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	2,928	59,844	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	2,986	60,052	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	3,047	60,216	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	3,110	60,337	289
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	3,174	60,346	290
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	3,240	60,255	291
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	3,307	60,140	291
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	3,375	60,027	292
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	3,444	59,902	293
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	3,512	59,754	294
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	3,582	59,464	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	3,651	59,158	295
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	3,696	58,966	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.

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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