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

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

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.

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.

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