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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	Malta	Canada	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	30,510	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	30,796	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	31,132	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	31,473	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	31,758	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	32,055	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	32,360	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	32,688	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	33,007	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	33,367	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	33,750	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	34,127	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	34,463	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	34,839	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	35,209	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	35,565	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	35,831	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	36,239	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	36,677	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	37,198	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	37,736	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	38,174	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	38,383	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	38,685	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.