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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaPalestinian TerritoriesCanada
51,1812,99630,510
52,7823,07530,796
54,4533,15531,132
56,1703,23531,473
57,8603,31531,758
59,5993,39632,055
61,4743,47832,360
63,4793,55932,688
65,5903,64233,007
67,8003,72733,367
70,1143,81733,750
72,5503,90734,127
75,1383,99734,463
77,7924,08834,839
80,5344,17835,209
83,3684,26935,565
86,2294,35935,831
89,1934,45136,239
92,2094,53336,677
95,2324,61537,198
98,3204,71537,736
101,4994,82038,174
104,7674,93038,383
108,1715,04238,685

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.

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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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.