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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	Qatar	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	277	387	627	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	281	390	659	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	285	393	691	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	288	396	724	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	289	398	757	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	293	401	850	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	296	404	1,001	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	304	405	1,153	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	311	406	1,306	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	319	409	1,460	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	319	412	1,615	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	318	414	1,770	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	319	416	1,904	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	321	420	2,010	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	324	426	2,103	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	327	435	2,187	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	331	445	2,261	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	335	455	2,326	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	343	468	2,384	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	353	485	2,435	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	361	504	2,480	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	366	516	2,519	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	372	518	2,553	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	380	530	2,559	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 Malta, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.