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	Benin	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	6,461	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	6,677	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	6,902	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,130	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	7,360	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	7,589	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	7,838	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,089	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,335	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	8,603	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,884	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,179	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,486	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,805	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,135	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,480	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,842	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,220	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,613	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	12,018	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,370	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,725	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	13,081	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,439	22,239

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

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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