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	Spain	United States
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	40,378	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	40,563	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	40,775	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	41,433	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	42,205	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	42,869	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	43,672	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	44,370	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	45,246	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	45,993	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	46,378	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	46,573	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	46,746	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	46,777	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	46,603	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	46,465	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	46,420	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	46,460	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	46,543	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	46,739	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	47,116	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	47,366	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	47,342	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	47,625	333,288

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

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.

Spain

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: 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)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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