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 IcelandBurkina FasoOmanBelarus
27711,0752,34810,064
28111,4052,40310,034
28511,8282,45710,000
28812,3802,5109,955
28912,8292,5629,905
29313,1782,6139,856
29613,5402,6639,807
30413,9172,7139,764
31114,3092,7649,734
31914,7222,8169,713
31915,1522,8719,697
31815,6002,9289,681
31916,0642,9869,662
32116,5633,0479,643
32417,0723,1109,624
32717,5753,1749,605
33118,0943,2409,585
33518,6213,3079,564
34319,1573,3759,542
35319,6983,4449,519
36120,2423,5129,495
36620,7883,5829,469
37221,3363,6519,442
38021,8893,6969,400

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 Burkina Faso, Oman, Belarus; the database as a whole is cited above.