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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	Cameroon	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	387	15,483	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	390	15,913	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	393	16,354	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	396	16,815	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	398	17,289	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	401	17,764	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	404	18,249	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	405	18,746	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	406	19,278	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	409	19,843	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	412	20,419	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	414	21,002	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	416	21,586	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	420	22,181	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	426	22,800	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	435	23,513	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	445	24,273	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	455	24,995	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	468	25,680	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	485	26,373	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	504	27,114	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	516	27,878	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	518	28,663	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	530	29,417	38,685

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.

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