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	Canada	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	2,348	51,181	78
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	2,403	52,782	79
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	2,457	54,453	80
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	2,510	56,170	81
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	2,562	57,860	82
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	2,613	59,599	83
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	2,663	61,474	84
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	2,713	63,479	85
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	2,764	65,590	86
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	2,816	67,800	87
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	2,871	70,114	87
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	2,928	72,550	88
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	2,986	75,138	89
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	3,047	77,792	90
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	3,110	80,534	91
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	3,174	83,368	92
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	3,240	86,229	92
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	3,307	89,193	93
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	3,375	92,209	94
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	3,444	95,232	95
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	3,512	98,320	96
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	3,582	101,499	97
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	3,651	104,767	98
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	3,696	108,171	98

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.