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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 CanadaOmanCambodiaBarbados
30,5102,34812,122273
30,7962,40312,317274
31,1322,45712,504275
31,4732,51012,691276
31,7582,56212,881278
32,0552,61313,076279
32,3602,66313,276280
32,6882,71313,461281
33,0072,76413,630282
33,3672,81613,808283
33,7502,87113,990285
34,1272,92814,162286
34,4632,98614,322287
34,8393,04714,480288
35,2093,11014,637289
35,5653,17414,793290
35,8313,24014,994291
36,2393,30715,238291
36,6773,37515,480292
37,1983,44415,717293
37,7363,51215,944294
38,1743,58216,149294
38,3833,65116,338295
38,6853,69616,514295

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