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	Japan	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	126,512	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	126,755	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	127,056	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	127,324	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	127,558	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	127,658	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	127,679	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	127,762	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	127,904	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	127,969	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	127,958	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	127,967	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	127,755	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	127,476	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	127,257	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	127,186	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	127,034	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	126,857	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	126,631	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	126,368	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	126,092	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	125,634	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	125,427	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	124,762	3,570	530

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

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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