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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	Canada	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	387	30,510	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	390	30,796	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	393	31,132	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	396	31,473	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	398	31,758	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	401	32,055	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	404	32,360	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	405	32,688	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	406	33,007	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	409	33,367	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,750	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	414	34,127	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,463	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	420	34,839	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	426	35,209	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	435	35,565	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	445	35,831	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	455	36,239	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	468	36,677	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	485	37,198	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	504	37,736	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	516	38,174	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	518	38,383	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	530	38,685	21,889	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

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