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	Latvia	Congo - Kinshasa	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	2,386	51,181	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	2,363	52,782	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	2,333	54,453	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	2,306	56,170	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	2,284	57,860	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	2,259	59,599	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	2,235	61,474	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	2,215	63,479	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	2,197	65,590	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	2,174	67,800	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	2,138	70,114	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	2,093	72,550	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	2,055	75,138	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	2,030	77,792	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	2,009	80,534	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	1,991	83,368	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	1,974	86,229	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	1,956	89,193	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	1,938	92,209	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	1,923	95,232	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	1,910	98,320	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	1,897	101,499	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	1,880	104,767	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	1,883	108,171	6,291

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 Latvia, Congo - Kinshasa, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.