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	Dominica	Philippines	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	70	79,346	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	71	81,131	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	71	83,023	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	72	84,876	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	72	86,697	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	72	88,568	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	72	90,418	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	72	92,253	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	72	94,098	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	73	95,923	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	73	97,627	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	73	99,317	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	73	100,999	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	73	102,618	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	73	104,299	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	73	106,076	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	74	107,868	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	74	109,493	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	74	111,094	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	74	112,843	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	75	114,636	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	75	117,026	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	76	119,473	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	76	121,234	5,907

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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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