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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	Germany	Iceland	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	277	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	281	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	285	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	288	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	289	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	293	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	296	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	304	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	311	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	319	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	319	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	318	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	319	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	321	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	324	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	327	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	331	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	335	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	343	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	353	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	361	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	366	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	372	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	380	38,685	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.

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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.

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.