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	Sudan	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	387	26,168	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	390	26,771	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	393	27,387	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	396	28,017	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	398	28,662	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	401	29,321	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	404	29,996	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	405	30,686	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	406	31,393	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	409	32,137	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	412	33,078	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	414	33,891	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	416	34,568	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	420	35,293	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	426	36,093	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	435	37,058	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	445	38,165	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	455	39,294	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	468	40,512	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	485	41,764	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	504	42,952	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	516	44,121	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	518	45,290	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	530	46,498	10,200

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

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Malta, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.