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	Barbados	Cambodia	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	12,122	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	12,317	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	12,504	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	12,691	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	12,881	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	13,076	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	13,276	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	13,461	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	13,630	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	13,808	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	13,990	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	14,162	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	14,322	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	14,480	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	14,637	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	14,793	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	14,994	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	15,238	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	15,480	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	15,717	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	15,944	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	16,149	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	16,338	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	16,514	3,696

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 Barbados, Cambodia, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.