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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 CanadaOmanBurkina FasoDominica
30,5102,34811,07570
30,7962,40311,40571
31,1322,45711,82871
31,4732,51012,38072
31,7582,56212,82972
32,0552,61313,17872
32,3602,66313,54072
32,6882,71313,91772
33,0072,76414,30972
33,3672,81614,72273
33,7502,87115,15273
34,1272,92815,60073
34,4632,98616,06473
34,8393,04716,56373
35,2093,11017,07273
35,5653,17417,57573
35,8313,24018,09474
36,2393,30718,62174
36,6773,37519,15774
37,1983,44419,69874
37,7363,51220,24275
38,1743,58220,78875
38,3833,65121,33676
38,6853,69621,88976

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 Oman, Burkina Faso, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.