Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Four countries are being compared, the most the chart can show clearly. Remove one to add another.

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	North Korea	Oman	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,594	2,348	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,785	2,403	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,977	2,457	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	276	23,165	2,510	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	278	23,330	2,562	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	279	23,477	2,613	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,621	2,663	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,764	2,713	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,908	2,764	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,051	2,816	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,191	2,871	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	286	24,326	2,928	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	287	24,457	2,986	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,589	3,047	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	289	24,720	3,110	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	290	24,852	3,174	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	291	24,983	3,240	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	291	25,115	3,307	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,248	3,375	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,381	3,444	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	294	25,497	3,512	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	294	25,608	3,582	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	295	25,711	3,651	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	295	25,808	3,696	38,685

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

North Korea

1911-1940: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.
1990-2011: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.