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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Zambia	Canada	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	30,510	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	30,796	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	31,132	393
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	31,473	396
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	31,758	398
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	32,055	401
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	32,360	404
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	32,688	405
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	33,007	406
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	33,367	409
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	33,750	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	34,127	414
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	34,463	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	34,839	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	35,209	426
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	35,565	435
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	35,831	445
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	36,239	455
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	36,677	468
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	37,198	485
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	37,736	504
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	38,174	516
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	38,383	518
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	38,685	530

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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.