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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	Saudi Arabia	Canada	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	30,510	433
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	30,796	438
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	31,132	443
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	31,473	448
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	31,758	454
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	32,055	460
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	32,360	467
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	32,688	474
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	33,007	482
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	33,367	491
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	33,750	500
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	34,127	509
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	34,463	521
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	34,839	533
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	35,209	547
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	35,565	560
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	35,831	571
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	36,239	586
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	36,677	599
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	37,198	610
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	37,736	623
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	38,174	633
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	38,383	643
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	38,685	651

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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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 Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.