Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

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

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date IcelandMaltaSudanAlbania
27738726,1683,085
28139026,7713,065
28539327,3873,047
28839628,0173,038
28939828,6623,026
29340129,3213,014
29640429,9962,998
30440530,6862,979
31140631,3932,957
31940932,1372,934
31941233,0782,915
31841433,8912,900
31941634,5682,892
32142035,2932,888
32442636,0932,882
32743537,0582,876
33144538,1652,868
33545539,2942,863
34346840,5122,861
35348541,7642,854
36150442,9522,842
36651644,1212,825
37251845,2902,799
38053046,4982,787

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 Malta, Sudan, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.