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	Tanzania	Venezuela
Dec 31, 1999	273	32,912	23,188
Dec 31, 2000	274	33,953	23,601
Dec 31, 2001	275	34,974	24,011
Dec 31, 2002	276	36,021	24,425
Dec 31, 2003	278	37,100	24,841
Dec 31, 2004	279	38,167	25,255
Dec 31, 2005	280	39,262	25,667
Dec 31, 2006	281	40,387	26,079
Dec 31, 2007	282	41,557	26,589
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,741	27,098
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,889	27,510
Dec 31, 2010	286	45,132	27,920
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,531	28,327
Dec 31, 2012	288	47,965	28,722
Dec 31, 2013	289	49,437	29,111
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,965	29,418
Dec 31, 2015	291	52,604	29,693
Dec 31, 2016	291	54,336	29,961
Dec 31, 2017	292	56,062	29,856
Dec 31, 2018	293	57,765	28,858
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,465	27,921
Dec 31, 2020	294	61,191	27,871
Dec 31, 2021	295	62,944	28,316
Dec 31, 2022	295	64,835	28,418

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

Venezuela

1830–2012: De Corso, G. (2013). El crecimiento economico de Venuzuela, Desde la Oligarquia Conservadora Hasta La Revolucion Bolivariana: 1830-2012. Uno Vision cuantitativa *: Venezuelan Economic Growth From The Conservative Oligarchy To The Bolivarian Revolution (1830-2012), Revista De Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, 31(3), 321-357. doi:10.1017/S0212610913000190

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