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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 DominicaCanadaBurkina FasoEstonia
7030,51011,0751,378
7130,79611,4051,400
7131,13211,8281,391
7231,47312,3801,382
7231,75812,8291,374
7232,05513,1781,365
7232,36013,5401,357
7232,68813,9171,349
7233,00714,3091,341
7333,36714,7221,337
7333,75015,1521,334
7334,12715,6001,332
7334,46316,0641,328
7334,83916,5631,324
7335,20917,0721,319
7335,56517,5751,314
7435,83118,0941,312
7436,23918,6211,314
7436,67719,1571,314
7437,19819,6981,318
7537,73620,2421,323
7538,17420,7881,327
7638,38321,3361,329
7638,68521,8891,330

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 Dominica, Burkina Faso, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.