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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	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	387	30,510	11,075	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	390	30,796	11,405	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	393	31,132	11,828	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	396	31,473	12,380	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	398	31,758	12,829	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	401	32,055	13,178	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	404	32,360	13,540	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	405	32,688	13,917	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	406	33,007	14,309	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	409	33,367	14,722	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,750	15,152	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	414	34,127	15,600	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,463	16,064	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	420	34,839	16,563	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	426	35,209	17,072	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	435	35,565	17,575	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	445	35,831	18,094	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	455	36,239	18,621	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	468	36,677	19,157	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	485	37,198	19,698	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	504	37,736	20,242	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	516	38,174	20,788	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	518	38,383	21,336	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	530	38,685	21,889	1,330

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.