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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Canada	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	387	30,510	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	390	30,796	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	393	31,132	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	396	31,473	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	398	31,758	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	401	32,055	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	404	32,360	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	405	32,688	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	406	33,007	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	409	33,367	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,750	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	414	34,127	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,463	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	420	34,839	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	426	35,209	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	435	35,565	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	445	35,831	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	455	36,239	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	468	36,677	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	485	37,198	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	504	37,736	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	516	38,174	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	518	38,383	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	530	38,685	10,487

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.

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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.

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

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