Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Liberia	Australia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,741	18,692
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,847	18,907
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,917	19,151
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,978	19,371
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,983	19,595
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,005	19,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,138	20,048
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,311	20,320
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,469	20,694
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,603	21,113
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,708	21,553
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,817	21,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,984	22,197
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,141	22,588
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,244	22,980
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,348	23,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,460	23,664
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,576	24,036
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,689	24,445
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,810	24,823
Dec 31, 2019	294	4,904	25,204
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,005	25,529
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,109	25,574
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,216	25,826

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

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