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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Canada	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	30,510	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	30,796	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	31,132	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	31,473	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	31,758	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	32,055	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	32,360	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	32,688	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	33,007	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	33,367	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	33,750	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	34,127	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	34,463	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	34,839	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	35,209	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	35,565	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	35,831	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	36,239	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	36,677	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	37,198	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	37,736	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	38,174	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	38,383	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	38,685	295	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.

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.