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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	295	530

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, Oman, Barbados, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.