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	North Macedonia	Congo - Kinshasa	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	2,006	51,181	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	2,017	52,782	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	2,026	54,453	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	2,011	56,170	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	2,018	57,860	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	2,024	59,599	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	2,028	61,474	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	2,031	63,479	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	2,035	65,590	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	2,038	67,800	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	2,042	70,114	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	2,046	72,550	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	2,049	75,138	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	2,052	77,792	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	2,055	80,534	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	2,058	83,368	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	2,061	86,229	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	2,063	89,193	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	2,065	92,209	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	2,067	95,232	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	2,068	98,320	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	2,065	101,499	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	2,057	104,767	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	2,048	108,171	23,796

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

North Macedonia

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.