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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 DominicaBangladeshOmanCanada
70132,9072,34830,510
71135,2072,40330,796
71137,4202,45731,132
72139,5732,51031,473
72141,6502,56231,758
72143,6442,61332,055
72145,5462,66332,360
72147,3762,71332,688
72149,0472,76433,007
73150,5622,81633,367
73152,1892,87133,750
73153,9272,92834,127
73155,6342,98634,463
73157,3263,04734,839
73158,9993,11035,209
73160,6503,17435,565
74162,2733,24035,831
74163,9383,30736,239
74165,6553,37536,677
74167,3583,44437,198
75169,0453,51237,736
75170,7093,58238,174
76172,3543,65138,383
76174,2173,69638,685

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.

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

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Dominica, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.