Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

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

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date AfghanistanAlbaniaSeychelles
22,2063,08578
22,4613,06579
22,5073,04780
23,6003,03881
25,0053,02682
25,6983,01483
26,3352,99884
27,1542,97985
27,3872,95786
27,7062,93487
28,4842,91587
29,1212,90088
29,7582,89289
30,4202,88890
31,1082,88291
31,8232,87692
32,5642,86892
33,3322,86393
34,1252,86194
34,9412,85495
35,9722,84296
37,0342,82597
38,1272,79998
39,2522,78798

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

No separate list is published for Afghanistan, Albania, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.