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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	Sudan	Canada	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	277	26,168	30,510	433
Dec 31, 2000	281	26,771	30,796	438
Dec 31, 2001	285	27,387	31,132	443
Dec 31, 2002	288	28,017	31,473	448
Dec 31, 2003	289	28,662	31,758	454
Dec 31, 2004	293	29,321	32,055	460
Dec 31, 2005	296	29,996	32,360	467
Dec 31, 2006	304	30,686	32,688	474
Dec 31, 2007	311	31,393	33,007	482
Dec 31, 2008	319	32,137	33,367	491
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,078	33,750	500
Dec 31, 2010	318	33,891	34,127	509
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,568	34,463	521
Dec 31, 2012	321	35,293	34,839	533
Dec 31, 2013	324	36,093	35,209	547
Dec 31, 2014	327	37,058	35,565	560
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,165	35,831	571
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,294	36,239	586
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,512	36,677	599
Dec 31, 2018	353	41,764	37,198	610
Dec 31, 2019	361	42,952	37,736	623
Dec 31, 2020	366	44,121	38,174	633
Dec 31, 2021	372	45,290	38,383	643
Dec 31, 2022	380	46,498	38,685	651

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 Sudan, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.