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	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bangladesh	Palestinian Territories
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	132,907	2,996
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	135,207	3,075
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	137,420	3,155
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	139,573	3,235
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	141,650	3,315
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	143,644	3,396
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	145,546	3,478
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	147,376	3,559
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	149,047	3,642
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	150,562	3,727
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	152,189	3,817
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	153,927	3,907
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	155,634	3,997
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	157,326	4,088
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	158,999	4,178
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	160,650	4,269
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	162,273	4,359
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	163,938	4,451
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	165,655	4,533
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	167,358	4,615
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	169,045	4,715
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	170,709	4,820
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	172,354	4,930
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	174,217	5,042

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.