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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	Malta	Barbados	Albania	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	387	273	3,085	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	390	274	3,065	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	393	275	3,047	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	396	276	3,038	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	398	278	3,026	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	401	279	3,014	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	404	280	2,998	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	405	281	2,979	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	406	282	2,957	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	409	283	2,934	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	412	285	2,915	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	414	286	2,900	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	416	287	2,892	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	420	288	2,888	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	426	289	2,882	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	435	290	2,876	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	445	291	2,868	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	455	291	2,863	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	468	292	2,861	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	485	293	2,854	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	504	294	2,842	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	516	294	2,825	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	518	295	2,799	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	530	295	2,787	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

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