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	Dominica	Djibouti
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	70	646
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	71	669
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	71	693
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	72	716
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	72	691
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	72	657
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	72	666
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	72	679
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	72	694
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	73	709
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	73	725
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	73	741
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	73	757
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	73	774
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	73	792
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	73	810
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	74	828
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	74	847
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	74	865
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	74	884
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	75	898
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	75	912
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	76	924
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	76	937

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.

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