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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 LuxembourgCanadaOmanDenmark
43330,5102,3485,322
43830,7962,4035,339
44331,1322,4575,358
44831,4732,5105,377
45431,7582,5625,391
46032,0552,6135,404
46732,3602,6635,420
47432,6882,7135,438
48233,0072,7645,461
49133,3672,8165,494
50033,7502,8715,524
50934,1272,9285,548
52134,4632,9865,571
53334,8393,0475,592
54735,2093,1105,614
56035,5653,1745,644
57135,8313,2405,683
58636,2393,3075,730
59936,6773,3755,766
61037,1983,4445,795
62337,7363,5125,818
63338,1743,5825,831
64338,3833,6515,855
65138,6853,6965,907

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