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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	Italy	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	56,940	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	56,966	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	57,004	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	57,114	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	57,423	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	57,852	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	58,191	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	58,424	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	58,781	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	59,236	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	59,580	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	59,844	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	60,052	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	60,216	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	60,337	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	60,346	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	60,255	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	60,140	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	60,027	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	59,902	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	59,754	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	59,464	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	59,158	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	58,966	38,685

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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.