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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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Canada	Oman	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	138	30,510	2,348	273
Dec 31, 2000	141	30,796	2,403	274
Dec 31, 2001	144	31,132	2,457	275
Dec 31, 2002	147	31,473	2,510	276
Dec 31, 2003	151	31,758	2,562	278
Dec 31, 2004	154	32,055	2,613	279
Dec 31, 2005	158	32,360	2,663	280
Dec 31, 2006	161	32,688	2,713	281
Dec 31, 2007	165	33,007	2,764	282
Dec 31, 2008	168	33,367	2,816	283
Dec 31, 2009	172	33,750	2,871	285
Dec 31, 2010	176	34,127	2,928	286
Dec 31, 2011	180	34,463	2,986	287
Dec 31, 2012	183	34,839	3,047	288
Dec 31, 2013	187	35,209	3,110	289
Dec 31, 2014	190	35,565	3,174	290
Dec 31, 2015	194	35,831	3,240	291
Dec 31, 2016	198	36,239	3,307	291
Dec 31, 2017	201	36,677	3,375	292
Dec 31, 2018	204	37,198	3,444	293
Dec 31, 2019	208	37,736	3,512	294
Dec 31, 2020	212	38,174	3,582	294
Dec 31, 2021	216	38,383	3,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	220	38,685	3,696	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

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.