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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	387	30,510	51,181	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	390	30,796	52,782	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	393	31,132	54,453	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	396	31,473	56,170	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	398	31,758	57,860	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	401	32,055	59,599	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	404	32,360	61,474	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	405	32,688	63,479	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	406	33,007	65,590	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	409	33,367	67,800	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,750	70,114	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	414	34,127	72,550	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,463	75,138	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	420	34,839	77,792	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	426	35,209	80,534	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	435	35,565	83,368	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	445	35,831	86,229	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	455	36,239	89,193	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	468	36,677	92,209	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	485	37,198	95,232	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	504	37,736	98,320	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	516	38,174	101,499	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	518	38,383	104,767	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	530	38,685	108,171	3,570

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