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	Mali	Puerto Rico	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,596	3,800	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,833	3,811	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,890	3,819	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	11,007	3,824	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,307	3,826	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,579	3,827	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,804	3,822	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,043	3,805	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,337	3,783	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,657	3,761	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	12,986	3,741	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,325	3,722	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	13,679	3,679	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,040	3,636	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,412	3,589	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,803	3,534	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	15,210	3,473	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,629	3,411	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	16,060	3,352	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	16,507	3,295	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	16,967	3,268	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	17,442	3,247	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	17,930	3,232	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	18,494	3,228	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

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