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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	Uganda	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	2,348	23,408	273
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	2,403	24,195	274
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	2,457	24,992	275
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	2,510	25,846	276
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	2,562	26,661	278
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	2,613	27,414	279
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	2,663	28,200	280
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	2,713	29,021	281
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	2,764	29,846	282
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	2,816	30,647	283
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	2,871	31,469	285
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	2,928	32,343	286
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	2,986	33,257	287
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	3,047	34,234	288
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	3,110	35,271	289
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	3,174	36,419	290
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	3,240	37,673	291
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	3,307	39,157	291
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	3,375	40,879	292
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	3,444	42,329	293
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	3,512	43,639	294
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	3,582	45,120	294
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	3,651	46,645	295
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	3,696	48,065	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

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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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