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	Ecuador	Afghanistan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	22,206	387
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	22,461	390
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	22,507	393
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	23,600	396
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	25,005	398
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	25,698	401
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	26,335	404
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	27,154	405
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	27,387	406
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	27,706	409
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	28,484	412
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	29,121	414
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	29,758	416
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	30,420	420
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	31,108	426
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	31,823	435
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	32,564	445
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	33,332	455
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	34,125	468
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	34,941	485
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	35,972	504
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	37,034	516
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	38,127	518
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	39,252	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

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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