Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Four countries are being compared, the most the chart can show clearly. Remove one to add another.

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Burkina Faso	Benin	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	6,461	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	6,677	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	6,902	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	7,130	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	7,360	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	7,589	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	7,838	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	8,089	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	8,335	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	8,603	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	8,884	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	9,179	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	9,486	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	9,805	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	10,135	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	10,480	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	10,842	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	11,220	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	11,613	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	12,018	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	12,370	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	12,725	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	13,081	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	13,439	530

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 Barbados, Burkina Faso, Benin, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.