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	Congo - Kinshasa	Sudan	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	26,168	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	26,771	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	27,387	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	28,017	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	28,662	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	29,321	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	29,996	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	30,686	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	31,393	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	32,137	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	33,078	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	33,891	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	34,568	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	35,293	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	36,093	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	37,058	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	38,165	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	39,294	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	40,512	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	41,764	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	42,952	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	44,121	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	45,290	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	46,498	20,985

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

Syria

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.