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	Finland	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,166	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,176	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,188	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,201	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,213	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,228	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,246	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,266	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,289	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,313	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,339	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,363	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,388	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,414	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,439	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,463	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,481	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,495	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,508	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,516	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,522	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,531	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,542	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,556	17,288

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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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