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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Canada	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	30,510	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	30,796	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	31,132	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	31,473	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	31,758	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	32,055	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	32,360	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	32,688	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	33,007	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	33,367	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	33,750	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	34,127	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	34,463	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	34,839	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	35,209	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	35,565	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	35,831	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	36,239	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	36,677	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	37,198	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	37,736	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	38,174	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	38,383	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	38,685	7,387

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.