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

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.