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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	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	387	30,510	2,348	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	390	30,796	2,403	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	393	31,132	2,457	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	396	31,473	2,510	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	398	31,758	2,562	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	401	32,055	2,613	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	404	32,360	2,663	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	405	32,688	2,713	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	406	33,007	2,764	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	409	33,367	2,816	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,750	2,871	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	414	34,127	2,928	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,463	2,986	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	420	34,839	3,047	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	426	35,209	3,110	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	435	35,565	3,174	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	445	35,831	3,240	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	455	36,239	3,307	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	468	36,677	3,375	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	485	37,198	3,444	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	504	37,736	3,512	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	516	38,174	3,582	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	518	38,383	3,651	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	530	38,685	3,696	58,966

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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