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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	Uganda	Congo - Kinshasa	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	277	23,408	51,181	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	281	24,195	52,782	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	285	24,992	54,453	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	288	25,846	56,170	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	289	26,661	57,860	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	293	27,414	59,599	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	296	28,200	61,474	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	304	29,021	63,479	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	311	29,846	65,590	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	319	30,647	67,800	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	319	31,469	70,114	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	318	32,343	72,550	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	319	33,257	75,138	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,234	77,792	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,271	80,534	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	327	36,419	83,368	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	331	37,673	86,229	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	335	39,157	89,193	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	343	40,879	92,209	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	353	42,329	95,232	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	361	43,639	98,320	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	366	45,120	101,499	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	372	46,645	104,767	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	380	48,065	108,171	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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.