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	Malta	Laos	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	387	5,286	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	390	5,397	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	393	5,499	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	396	5,578	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	398	5,654	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	401	5,746	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	404	5,836	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	405	5,931	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	406	6,035	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	409	6,145	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	412	6,257	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	414	6,368	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	416	6,477	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	420	6,586	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	426	6,695	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	435	6,804	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	445	6,912	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	455	7,019	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	468	7,127	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	485	7,234	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	504	7,343	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	516	7,452	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	518	7,560	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	530	7,666	6,910

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 Malta, Laos, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.