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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	Canada	Oman	Burkina Faso	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	2,348	11,075	277
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	2,403	11,405	281
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	2,457	11,828	285
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	2,510	12,380	288
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	2,562	12,829	289
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	2,613	13,178	293
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	2,663	13,540	296
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	2,713	13,917	304
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	2,764	14,309	311
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	2,816	14,722	319
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	2,871	15,152	319
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	2,928	15,600	318
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	2,986	16,064	319
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	3,047	16,563	321
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	3,110	17,072	324
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	3,174	17,575	327
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	3,240	18,094	331
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	3,307	18,621	335
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	3,375	19,157	343
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	3,444	19,698	353
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	3,512	20,242	361
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	3,582	20,788	366
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	3,651	21,336	372
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	3,696	21,889	380

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.

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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