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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	Brazil	Oman	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	174,320	2,348	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	176,902	2,403	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	179,389	2,457	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	181,721	2,510	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	183,970	2,562	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	186,165	2,613	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	188,330	2,663	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	190,438	2,713	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	192,450	2,764	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	194,458	2,816	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	196,464	2,871	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	198,408	2,928	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	200,152	2,986	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	201,894	3,047	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	203,614	3,110	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	205,358	3,174	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	207,148	3,240	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	208,859	3,307	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	210,537	3,375	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	212,258	3,444	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	213,940	3,512	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	215,577	3,582	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	216,720	3,651	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	217,718	3,696	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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: 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)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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