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	Sri Lanka	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	277	19,354	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	281	19,610	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	285	19,838	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	288	20,060	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	289	20,297	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	293	20,529	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	296	20,703	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	304	20,917	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,120	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	319	21,315	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	319	21,503	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	318	21,713	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	319	21,918	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	321	22,120	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	324	22,320	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	327	22,517	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	331	22,711	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	335	22,899	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	23,080	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	353	23,254	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	361	23,420	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	366	23,579	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	372	23,732	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	380	23,796	39,252

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 Sri Lanka, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.