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	Iceland	Israel	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,927	531
Dec 31, 2000	281	6,088	545
Dec 31, 2001	285	6,236	559
Dec 31, 2002	288	6,366	574
Dec 31, 2003	289	6,484	590
Dec 31, 2004	293	6,603	606
Dec 31, 2005	296	6,723	623
Dec 31, 2006	304	6,846	640
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,972	657
Dec 31, 2008	319	7,100	674
Dec 31, 2009	319	7,226	690
Dec 31, 2010	318	7,360	706
Dec 31, 2011	319	7,498	722
Dec 31, 2012	321	7,637	737
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,781	752
Dec 31, 2014	327	7,931	767
Dec 31, 2015	331	8,091	781
Dec 31, 2016	335	8,251	795
Dec 31, 2017	343	8,412	808
Dec 31, 2018	353	8,576	821
Dec 31, 2019	361	8,742	837
Dec 31, 2020	366	8,899	853
Dec 31, 2021	372	9,047	869
Dec 31, 2022	380	9,188	885

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.

Israel

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

No separate list is published for Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.