Population, long-run history in Canada

Latest: 38,685
Previous: 38,383
Change: +301.11 (+0.8%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2022
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Persons, thousands

Population, long-run history over time

Annual, Persons, thousands, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Observations for Population, long-run history in Canada
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1963	19,343
Dec 31, 1964	19,711
Dec 31, 1965	20,071
Dec 31, 1966	20,448
Dec 31, 1967	20,820
Dec 31, 1968	21,143
Dec 31, 1969	21,448
Dec 31, 1970	21,750
Dec 31, 1971	22,026
Dec 31, 1972	22,285
Dec 31, 1973	22,560
Dec 31, 1974	22,875
Dec 31, 1975	23,209
Dec 31, 1976	23,518
Dec 31, 1977	23,796
Dec 31, 1978	24,036
Dec 31, 1979	24,277
Dec 31, 1980	24,593
Dec 31, 1981	24,900
Dec 31, 1982	25,202
Dec 31, 1983	25,456
Dec 31, 1984	25,702
Dec 31, 1985	25,942
Dec 31, 1986	26,204
Dec 31, 1987	26,550
Dec 31, 1988	26,895
Dec 31, 1989	27,379
Dec 31, 1990	27,791
Dec 31, 1991	28,138
Dec 31, 1992	28,473
Dec 31, 1993	28,788
Dec 31, 1994	29,105
Dec 31, 1995	29,408
Dec 31, 1996	29,717
Dec 31, 1997	30,013
Dec 31, 1998	30,263
Dec 31, 1999	30,510
Dec 31, 2000	30,796
Dec 31, 2001	31,132
Dec 31, 2002	31,473
Dec 31, 2003	31,758
Dec 31, 2004	32,055
Dec 31, 2005	32,360
Dec 31, 2006	32,688
Dec 31, 2007	33,007
Dec 31, 2008	33,367
Dec 31, 2009	33,750
Dec 31, 2010	34,127
Dec 31, 2011	34,463
Dec 31, 2012	34,839
Dec 31, 2013	35,209
Dec 31, 2014	35,565
Dec 31, 2015	35,831
Dec 31, 2016	36,239
Dec 31, 2017	36,677
Dec 31, 2018	37,198
Dec 31, 2019	37,736
Dec 31, 2020	38,174
Dec 31, 2021	38,383
Dec 31, 2022	38,685

About this indicator

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023 (opens in a new tab)

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.

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