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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Canada	South Africa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	46,257	273
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	46,958	274
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	47,820	275
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	48,480	276
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	48,951	278
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	49,478	279
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	50,054	280
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	50,667	281
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	51,339	282
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	52,077	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	52,862	285
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	53,682	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	54,518	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	55,356	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	56,215	289
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	57,075	290
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	57,947	291
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	58,830	291
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	59,715	292
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	60,595	293
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	61,469	294
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	62,355	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	62,900	295
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	63,382	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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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