Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Myanmar (Burma)	Burkina Faso	Canada
Dec 31, 1999	45,018	11,075	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	45,616	11,405	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	46,171	11,828	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	46,690	12,380	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	47,201	12,829	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	47,699	13,178	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	48,196	13,540	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	48,674	13,917	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	49,151	14,309	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	49,505	14,722	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	49,896	15,152	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	50,285	15,600	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	50,813	16,064	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	51,369	16,563	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	51,878	17,072	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	52,374	17,575	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	52,900	18,094	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	53,416	18,621	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	53,914	19,157	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	54,403	19,698	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	54,884	20,242	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	55,355	20,788	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	55,815	21,336	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	56,210	21,889	38,685

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

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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