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

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Albania	Oman	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	277	3,085	2,348	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	281	3,065	2,403	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	285	3,047	2,457	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	288	3,038	2,510	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	289	3,026	2,562	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	293	3,014	2,613	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	296	2,998	2,663	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	304	2,979	2,713	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	311	2,957	2,764	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	319	2,934	2,816	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	319	2,915	2,871	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	318	2,900	2,928	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	319	2,892	2,986	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	321	2,888	3,047	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	324	2,882	3,110	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	327	2,876	3,174	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	331	2,868	3,240	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	335	2,863	3,307	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	343	2,861	3,375	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	353	2,854	3,444	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	361	2,842	3,512	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	366	2,825	3,582	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	372	2,799	3,651	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	380	2,787	3,696	64,835

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, Tanzania; the database as a whole is cited above.