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	Cambodia	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	277	12,122	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	281	12,317	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	285	12,504	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	288	12,691	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	289	12,881	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	293	13,076	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	296	13,276	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	304	13,461	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	311	13,630	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	319	13,808	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	319	13,990	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	318	14,162	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	319	14,322	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	321	14,480	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	324	14,637	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	327	14,793	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	331	14,994	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	335	15,238	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	343	15,480	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	353	15,717	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	361	15,944	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	366	16,149	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	372	16,338	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	380	16,514	18,494

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