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	Cambodia	Germany	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	12,122	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	12,317	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	12,504	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,691	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,881	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,076	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,276	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,461	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	13,630	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	13,808	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	13,990	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	14,162	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	14,322	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	14,480	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	14,637	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	14,793	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	14,994	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	15,238	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	15,480	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	15,717	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	15,944	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	16,149	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	16,338	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	16,514	83,811	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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