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	United Kingdom	Trinidad & Tobago	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	1,301	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	1,303	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	1,308	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	1,314	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	1,320	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	1,326	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	1,332	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	1,338	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	1,344	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	1,352	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	1,359	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	1,365	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	1,372	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	1,379	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	1,386	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	1,392	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	1,399	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	1,405	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	1,411	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	1,436	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	1,452	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	1,448	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	1,450	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	1,456	108,171

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

United Kingdom

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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