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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	Burkina Faso	Oman	Canada	Bangladesh
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,348	30,510	132,907
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,403	30,796	135,207
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,457	31,132	137,420
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,510	31,473	139,573
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,562	31,758	141,650
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,613	32,055	143,644
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,663	32,360	145,546
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,713	32,688	147,376
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,764	33,007	149,047
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,816	33,367	150,562
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,871	33,750	152,189
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,928	34,127	153,927
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,986	34,463	155,634
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	3,047	34,839	157,326
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	3,110	35,209	158,999
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	3,174	35,565	160,650
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	3,240	35,831	162,273
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,307	36,239	163,938
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,375	36,677	165,655
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,444	37,198	167,358
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,512	37,736	169,045
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	3,582	38,174	170,709
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	3,651	38,383	172,354
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	3,696	38,685	174,217

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.

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.