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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	Paraguay	Iceland	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	5,366	277	387
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	5,473	281	390
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	5,579	285	393
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	5,683	288	396
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	5,786	289	398
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	5,886	293	401
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	5,984	296	404
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	6,080	304	405
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	6,173	311	406
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	6,264	319	409
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	6,352	319	412
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	6,438	318	414
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	6,522	319	416
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	6,605	321	420
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	6,688	324	426
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	6,769	327	435
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	6,850	331	445
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	6,930	335	455
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	7,012	343	468
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	7,095	353	485
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	7,179	361	504
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	7,263	366	516
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	7,348	372	518
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	7,432	380	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.

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