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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	Luxembourg	Romania	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	433	22,414	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	438	22,262	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	443	22,106	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	448	21,931	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	454	21,828	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	460	21,704	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	467	21,571	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	474	21,443	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	482	21,129	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	491	20,779	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	500	20,607	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	509	20,485	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	521	20,385	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	533	20,296	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	547	20,224	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	560	20,151	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	571	20,055	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	586	19,938	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	599	19,823	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	610	19,713	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	623	19,622	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	633	19,496	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	643	19,351	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	651	19,266	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

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.

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