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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	Myanmar (Burma)	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	277	45,018	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	281	45,616	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	285	46,171	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	288	46,690	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	289	47,201	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	293	47,699	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	296	48,196	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	304	48,674	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	311	49,151	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	319	49,505	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	319	49,896	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	318	50,285	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	319	50,813	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	321	51,369	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	324	51,878	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	327	52,374	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	331	52,900	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	335	53,416	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	343	53,914	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	353	54,403	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	361	54,884	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	366	55,355	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	372	55,815	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	380	56,210	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.

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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.

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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.