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	South Africa	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	277	46,257	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	281	46,958	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	285	47,820	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	288	48,480	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	289	48,951	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	293	49,478	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	296	50,054	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	304	50,667	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	311	51,339	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	319	52,077	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	319	52,862	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	318	53,682	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	319	54,518	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	321	55,356	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	324	56,215	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	327	57,075	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	331	57,947	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	335	58,830	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	343	59,715	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	353	60,595	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	361	61,469	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	366	62,355	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	372	62,900	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	380	63,382	34,081

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

Saudi Arabia

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