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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	Romania	Canada	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	22,414	30,510	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	22,262	30,796	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	22,106	31,132	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	21,931	31,473	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	21,828	31,758	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	21,704	32,055	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	21,571	32,360	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	21,443	32,688	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	21,129	33,007	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	20,779	33,367	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	20,607	33,750	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	20,485	34,127	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	20,385	34,463	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	20,296	34,839	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	20,224	35,209	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	20,151	35,565	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	20,055	35,831	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	19,938	36,239	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,823	36,677	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,713	37,198	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	19,622	37,736	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	19,496	38,174	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	19,351	38,383	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	19,266	38,685	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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