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	Jordan	Greece
Dec 31, 1999	277	4,591	10,618
Dec 31, 2000	281	4,700	10,662
Dec 31, 2001	285	4,811	10,718
Dec 31, 2002	288	4,923	10,757
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,037	10,783
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,161	10,809
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,295	10,841
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,765	10,874
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,243	10,901
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,397	10,930
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,538	10,959
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,680	10,973
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,840	10,957
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,952	10,898
Dec 31, 2013	324	7,706	10,819
Dec 31, 2014	327	8,839	10,747
Dec 31, 2015	331	9,506	10,677
Dec 31, 2016	335	9,863	10,633
Dec 31, 2017	343	10,066	10,612
Dec 31, 2018	353	10,273	10,590
Dec 31, 2019	361	10,480	10,579
Dec 31, 2020	366	10,628	10,556
Dec 31, 2021	372	10,716	10,499
Dec 31, 2022	380	10,849	10,437

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.

Jordan

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
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995