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	Barbados	Bangladesh	Guatemala
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	11,487
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	11,728
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	11,968
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	12,258
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	12,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	12,873
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	13,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	13,517
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	13,828
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	14,139
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	14,452
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	14,769
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	15,088
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	15,405
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	15,719
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	16,030
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	16,337
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	16,636
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	16,929
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	17,223
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	17,518
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	17,812
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	18,106
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	18,348

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

Bangladesh

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

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