Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

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

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosIcelandYemenPalestinian Territories
27327716,7282,996
27428117,2363,075
27528517,7623,155
27628818,3103,235
27828918,8553,315
27929319,4103,396
28029620,0003,478
28130420,6113,559
28231121,2363,642
28331921,8783,727
28531922,5333,817
28631823,1953,907
28731923,8803,997
28832124,5944,088
28932425,3114,178
29032726,0204,269
29133126,6984,359
29133527,3474,451
29234327,9854,533
29335328,6084,615
29436129,2164,715
29436629,8114,820
29537230,3994,930
29538031,0585,042

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, Yemen, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.