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	Luxembourg	Denmark	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	433	5,322	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	438	5,339	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	443	5,358	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	448	5,377	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	454	5,391	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	460	5,404	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	467	5,420	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	474	5,438	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	482	5,461	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	491	5,494	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	500	5,524	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	509	5,548	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	521	5,571	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	533	5,592	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	547	5,614	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	560	5,644	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	571	5,683	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	586	5,730	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	599	5,766	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	610	5,795	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	623	5,818	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	633	5,831	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	643	5,855	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	651	5,907	7,387

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

No separate list is published for Luxembourg, Denmark, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.