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	Bangladesh	Canada	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	132,907	30,510	273
Dec 31, 2000	135,207	30,796	274
Dec 31, 2001	137,420	31,132	275
Dec 31, 2002	139,573	31,473	276
Dec 31, 2003	141,650	31,758	278
Dec 31, 2004	143,644	32,055	279
Dec 31, 2005	145,546	32,360	280
Dec 31, 2006	147,376	32,688	281
Dec 31, 2007	149,047	33,007	282
Dec 31, 2008	150,562	33,367	283
Dec 31, 2009	152,189	33,750	285
Dec 31, 2010	153,927	34,127	286
Dec 31, 2011	155,634	34,463	287
Dec 31, 2012	157,326	34,839	288
Dec 31, 2013	158,999	35,209	289
Dec 31, 2014	160,650	35,565	290
Dec 31, 2015	162,273	35,831	291
Dec 31, 2016	163,938	36,239	291
Dec 31, 2017	165,655	36,677	292
Dec 31, 2018	167,358	37,198	293
Dec 31, 2019	169,045	37,736	294
Dec 31, 2020	170,709	38,174	294
Dec 31, 2021	172,354	38,383	295
Dec 31, 2022	174,217	38,685	295

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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

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