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	Senegal	Oman	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,070	2,348	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,305	2,403	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,576	2,457	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,864	2,510	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	11,172	2,562	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	11,498	2,613	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	11,839	2,663	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	12,204	2,713	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	12,584	2,764	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	12,978	2,816	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,382	2,871	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	13,794	2,928	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,226	2,986	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,668	3,047	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	15,121	3,110	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	15,589	3,174	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	16,066	3,240	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	16,549	3,307	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	17,044	3,375	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	17,535	3,444	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	18,021	3,512	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	18,518	3,582	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,016	3,651	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,512	3,696	146,693

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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