Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

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

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date MauritaniaCongo - KinshasaLuxembourg
2,43751,181433
2,50152,782438
2,56654,453443
2,63256,170448
2,69957,860454
2,76859,599460
2,83861,474467
2,90963,479474
2,98165,590482
3,05567,800491
3,12970,114500
3,20572,550509
3,28275,138521
3,35977,792533
3,43880,534547
3,51783,368560
3,59786,229571
3,67789,193586
3,75992,209599
3,84095,232610
3,94298,320623
4,045101,499633
4,150104,767643
4,259108,171651

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 Mauritania, Congo - Kinshasa, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.