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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	Central African Republic	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,889	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,980	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,054	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,128	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	4,215	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	4,289	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	4,363	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	4,449	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	4,544	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	4,641	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	4,742	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	4,845	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	4,950	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,057	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,167	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,278	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,392	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,507	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,625	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,745	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,874	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	6,025	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	6,154	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	6,291	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

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 Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.