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	Madagascar	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	15,259	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	15,707	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	16,162	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	16,631	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	17,114	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	17,610	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	18,120	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	18,641	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	19,173	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	19,717	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,272	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,837	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	21,413	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	21,999	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	22,593	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	23,196	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	23,806	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	24,423	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	25,044	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	25,671	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	26,302	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	26,936	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	27,573	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	28,237	47,625

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

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)

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