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	Sri Lanka	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	19,354	273
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	19,610	274
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	19,838	275
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	20,060	276
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	20,297	278
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	20,529	279
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	20,703	280
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	20,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	21,120	282
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	21,315	283
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	21,503	285
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	21,713	286
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	21,918	287
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	22,120	288
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	22,320	289
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	22,517	290
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	22,711	291
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	22,899	291
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	23,080	292
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	23,254	293
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	23,420	294
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	23,579	294
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	23,732	295
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	23,796	295

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

No separate list is published for Sri Lanka, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.