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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	Romania	Mexico	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	97,242	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	98,403	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	99,599	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	100,863	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	102,132	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	103,334	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	104,508	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	105,738	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	107,083	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	108,554	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	110,061	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	111,468	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	112,826	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	114,163	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	115,471	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	116,757	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	118,017	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	117,444	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	118,799	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	120,289	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	121,872	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	123,260	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	124,462	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	125,247	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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Mexico

1550–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Prados de la Escosura, L., (2009), ‘Lost decades? Economic performance in post-independence Latin America’, Journal of Latin America Studies, 41, pp. 279–307. (updated data)
1870-1895: Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford University Press, Table A.2
1895–2003: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350

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.