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	Iceland	Canada	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	30,510	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	30,796	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	31,132	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	31,473	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	31,758	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	32,055	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	32,360	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	32,688	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	33,007	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	33,367	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	33,750	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	34,127	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	34,463	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	34,839	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	35,209	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	35,565	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	35,831	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	36,239	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	36,677	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	37,198	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	37,736	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	38,174	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	38,383	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	38,685	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.