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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	Qatar	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	627	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	659	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	691	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	724	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	757	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	850	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	1,001	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	1,153	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	1,306	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	1,460	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	1,615	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	1,770	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	1,904	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,010	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,103	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,187	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,261	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,326	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,384	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,435	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,480	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,519	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,553	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,559	38,685	295

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 Qatar, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.