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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	Cape Verde	Burkina Faso	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	277	422	11,075	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	281	430	11,405	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	285	438	11,828	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	288	447	12,380	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	289	455	12,829	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	293	463	13,178	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	296	471	13,540	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	304	478	13,917	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	311	486	14,309	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	319	494	14,722	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	319	501	15,152	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	318	509	15,600	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	319	516	16,064	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	321	524	16,563	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	324	531	17,072	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	327	539	17,575	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	331	546	18,094	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	335	553	18,621	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	343	562	19,157	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	353	568	19,698	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	361	574	20,242	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	366	580	20,788	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	372	585	21,336	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	380	590	21,889	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.

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 Cape Verde, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.