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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	Canada	Laos	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	30,510	5,286	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	30,796	5,397	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	31,132	5,499	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	31,473	5,578	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	31,758	5,654	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	32,055	5,746	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	32,360	5,836	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	32,688	5,931	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	33,007	6,035	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	33,367	6,145	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,750	6,257	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	34,127	6,368	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,463	6,477	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,839	6,586	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,209	6,695	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	35,565	6,804	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	35,831	6,912	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	36,239	7,019	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	36,677	7,127	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	37,198	7,234	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	37,736	7,343	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	38,174	7,452	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,383	7,560	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	38,685	7,666	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

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