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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	Estonia	Canada	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	1,378	30,510	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	1,400	30,796	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	1,391	31,132	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	1,382	31,473	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	1,374	31,758	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	1,365	32,055	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,357	32,360	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,349	32,688	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,341	33,007	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,337	33,367	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,334	33,750	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,332	34,127	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,328	34,463	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	1,324	34,839	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	1,319	35,209	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	1,314	35,565	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	1,312	35,831	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	1,314	36,239	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	1,314	36,677	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	1,318	37,198	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	1,323	37,736	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	1,327	38,174	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	1,329	38,383	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	1,330	38,685	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 Estonia, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.