Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Four countries are being compared, the most the chart can show clearly. Remove one to add another.

Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandAlbaniaOmanDominica
2773,0852,34870
2813,0652,40371
2853,0472,45771
2883,0382,51072
2893,0262,56272
2933,0142,61372
2962,9982,66372
3042,9792,71372
3112,9572,76472
3192,9342,81673
3192,9152,87173
3182,9002,92873
3192,8922,98673
3212,8883,04773
3242,8823,11073
3272,8763,17473
3312,8683,24074
3352,8633,30774
3432,8613,37574
3532,8543,44474
3612,8423,51275
3662,8253,58275
3722,7993,65176
3802,7873,69676

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

Iceland

  • 1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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