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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	Oman	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	387	30,510	2,348	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	390	30,796	2,403	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	393	31,132	2,457	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	396	31,473	2,510	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	398	31,758	2,562	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	401	32,055	2,613	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	404	32,360	2,663	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	405	32,688	2,713	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	406	33,007	2,764	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	409	33,367	2,816	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,750	2,871	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	414	34,127	2,928	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,463	2,986	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	420	34,839	3,047	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	426	35,209	3,110	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	435	35,565	3,174	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	445	35,831	3,240	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	455	36,239	3,307	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	468	36,677	3,375	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	485	37,198	3,444	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	504	37,736	3,512	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	516	38,174	3,582	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	518	38,383	3,651	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	530	38,685	3,696	174,217

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Malta, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.