Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

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

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaBurkina FasoParaguayMalta
51,18111,0755,366387
52,78211,4055,473390
54,45311,8285,579393
56,17012,3805,683396
57,86012,8295,786398
59,59913,1785,886401
61,47413,5405,984404
63,47913,9176,080405
65,59014,3096,173406
67,80014,7226,264409
70,11415,1526,352412
72,55015,6006,438414
75,13816,0646,522416
77,79216,5636,605420
80,53417,0726,688426
83,36817,5756,769435
86,22918,0946,850445
89,19318,6216,930455
92,20919,1577,012468
95,23219,6987,095485
98,32020,2427,179504
101,49920,7887,263516
104,76721,3367,348518
108,17121,8897,432530

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Burkina Faso, Paraguay, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.