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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosCanadaOmanTrinidad & Tobago
27330,5102,3481,301
27430,7962,4031,303
27531,1322,4571,308
27631,4732,5101,314
27831,7582,5621,320
27932,0552,6131,326
28032,3602,6631,332
28132,6882,7131,338
28233,0072,7641,344
28333,3672,8161,352
28533,7502,8711,359
28634,1272,9281,365
28734,4632,9861,372
28834,8393,0471,379
28935,2093,1101,386
29035,5653,1741,392
29135,8313,2401,399
29136,2393,3071,405
29236,6773,3751,411
29337,1983,4441,436
29437,7363,5121,452
29438,1743,5821,448
29538,3833,6511,450
29538,6853,6961,456

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