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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	Tanzania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	32,912	273
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	33,953	274
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	34,974	275
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	36,021	276
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	37,100	278
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	38,167	279
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	39,262	280
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	40,387	281
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	41,557	282
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	42,741	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	43,889	285
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	45,132	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	46,531	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	47,965	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	49,437	289
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	50,965	290
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	52,604	291
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	54,336	291
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	56,062	292
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	57,765	293
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	59,465	294
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	61,191	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	62,944	295
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	64,835	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 Tanzania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.