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	Germany	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	19,266	220

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.