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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	Malta	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	30,510	387	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	30,796	390	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	31,132	393	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	31,473	396	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	31,758	398	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	32,055	401	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	32,360	404	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	32,688	405	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	33,007	406	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	33,367	409	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,750	412	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	34,127	414	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,463	416	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,839	420	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,209	426	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	35,565	435	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	35,831	445	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	36,239	455	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	36,677	468	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	37,198	485	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	37,736	504	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	38,174	516	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,383	518	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	38,685	530	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

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