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	Germany	Moldova	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	81,439	4,244	78
Dec 31, 2000	81,474	4,199	79
Dec 31, 2001	81,534	4,154	80
Dec 31, 2002	81,595	4,108	81
Dec 31, 2003	81,566	4,059	82
Dec 31, 2004	81,473	4,013	83
Dec 31, 2005	81,354	3,966	84
Dec 31, 2006	81,190	3,919	85
Dec 31, 2007	81,009	3,873	86
Dec 31, 2008	80,781	3,829	87
Dec 31, 2009	80,500	3,788	87
Dec 31, 2010	80,301	3,748	88
Dec 31, 2011	80,292	3,709	89
Dec 31, 2012	80,443	3,671	90
Dec 31, 2013	80,663	3,633	91
Dec 31, 2014	81,000	3,595	92
Dec 31, 2015	81,704	3,558	92
Dec 31, 2016	82,366	3,522	93
Dec 31, 2017	82,674	3,485	94
Dec 31, 2018	82,923	3,448	95
Dec 31, 2019	83,110	3,412	96
Dec 31, 2020	83,178	3,376	97
Dec 31, 2021	83,213	3,339	98
Dec 31, 2022	83,811	3,570	98

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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