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	Estonia	United Arab Emirates	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	1,378	3,101	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	1,400	3,284	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	1,391	3,458	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	1,382	3,613	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	1,374	3,754	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	1,365	3,882	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,357	4,000	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,349	4,532	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,341	5,623	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,337	7,277	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,334	8,164	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,332	8,152	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,328	8,438	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	1,324	8,747	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	1,319	9,077	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	1,314	9,321	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	1,312	9,461	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	1,314	9,587	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	1,314	9,699	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	1,318	9,796	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	1,323	9,879	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	1,327	9,953	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	1,329	10,018	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	1,330	10,099	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, Estonia, United Arab Emirates, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.