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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	United States	Burkina Faso	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	11,075	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	11,405	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	11,828	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	12,380	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	12,829	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	13,178	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	13,540	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	13,917	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	14,309	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	14,722	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	15,152	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	15,600	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	16,064	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	16,563	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	17,072	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	17,575	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	18,094	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	18,621	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	19,157	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	19,698	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	20,242	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	20,788	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	21,336	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	21,889	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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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