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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 DominicaPhilippinesBurkina FasoCanada
7079,34611,07530,510
7181,13111,40530,796
7183,02311,82831,132
7284,87612,38031,473
7286,69712,82931,758
7288,56813,17832,055
7290,41813,54032,360
7292,25313,91732,688
7294,09814,30933,007
7395,92314,72233,367
7397,62715,15233,750
7399,31715,60034,127
73100,99916,06434,463
73102,61816,56334,839
73104,29917,07235,209
73106,07617,57535,565
74107,86818,09435,831
74109,49318,62136,239
74111,09419,15736,677
74112,84319,69837,198
75114,63620,24237,736
75117,02620,78838,174
76119,47321,33638,383
76121,23421,88938,685

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

Philippines

  • 1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
  • 1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.