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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	Oman	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	2,348	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	2,403	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	2,457	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	2,510	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	2,562	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	2,613	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	2,663	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	2,713	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	2,764	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	2,816	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	2,871	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	2,928	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	2,986	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	3,047	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	3,110	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	3,174	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	3,240	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	3,307	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	3,375	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	3,444	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	3,512	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	3,582	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	3,651	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	3,696	38,685	295

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

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 Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.