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	Laos	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,286	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,397	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,499	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,578	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,654	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,746	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,836	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,931	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	311	6,035	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	319	6,145	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	319	6,257	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	318	6,368	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	319	6,477	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	321	6,586	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	324	6,695	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	327	6,804	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	331	6,912	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	335	7,019	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	343	7,127	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	353	7,234	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	361	7,343	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	366	7,452	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	372	7,560	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	380	7,666	68,457	295

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.

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

No separate list is published for Laos, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.