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	Myanmar (Burma)	Burkina Faso	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	45,018	11,075	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	45,616	11,405	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	46,171	11,828	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	46,690	12,380	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,201	12,829	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	47,699	13,178	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,196	13,540	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,674	13,917	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	49,151	14,309	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,505	14,722	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,896	15,152	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	50,285	15,600	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	50,813	16,064	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	51,369	16,563	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	51,878	17,072	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	52,374	17,575	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,900	18,094	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	53,416	18,621	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	53,914	19,157	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	54,403	19,698	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	54,884	20,242	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	55,355	20,788	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	55,815	21,336	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	56,210	21,889	1,330

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

Myanmar (Burma)

1901-1938: "Trends of Economic Growth and Income Distribution in Burma 1870-1940", Journal of the Burma Research Society, 1964, p. 144
1938-1950: E.E. Hagen, On the Theory of Social Change, Dorsey, Homewood, Illinois, 1962, Table 18-1,

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