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	Dominica	Liberia	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,741	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,847	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,917	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,978	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,983	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,005	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	72	3,138	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	72	3,311	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	72	3,469	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	73	3,603	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	73	3,708	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	73	3,817	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	73	3,984	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	73	4,141	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	73	4,244	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	73	4,348	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	74	4,460	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	74	4,576	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	74	4,689	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	74	4,810	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	75	4,904	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	75	5,005	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	76	5,109	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	76	5,216	31,058

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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