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	Mali	Congo - Kinshasa	Botswana
Dec 31, 1999	10,596	51,181	1,630
Dec 31, 2000	10,833	52,782	1,665
Dec 31, 2001	10,890	54,453	1,698
Dec 31, 2002	11,007	56,170	1,730
Dec 31, 2003	11,307	57,860	1,761
Dec 31, 2004	11,579	59,599	1,792
Dec 31, 2005	11,804	61,474	1,824
Dec 31, 2006	12,043	63,479	1,857
Dec 31, 2007	12,337	65,590	1,890
Dec 31, 2008	12,657	67,800	1,923
Dec 31, 2009	12,986	70,114	1,956
Dec 31, 2010	13,325	72,550	1,990
Dec 31, 2011	13,679	75,138	2,023
Dec 31, 2012	14,040	77,792	2,057
Dec 31, 2013	14,412	80,534	2,091
Dec 31, 2014	14,803	83,368	2,125
Dec 31, 2015	15,210	86,229	2,159
Dec 31, 2016	15,629	89,193	2,194
Dec 31, 2017	16,060	92,209	2,228
Dec 31, 2018	16,507	95,232	2,262
Dec 31, 2019	16,967	98,320	2,297
Dec 31, 2020	17,442	101,499	2,331
Dec 31, 2021	17,930	104,767	2,365
Dec 31, 2022	18,494	108,171	2,403

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 Mali, Congo - Kinshasa, Botswana; the database as a whole is cited above.