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	Qatar	Bangladesh	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	627	132,907	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	659	135,207	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	691	137,420	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	724	139,573	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	757	141,650	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	850	143,644	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	1,001	145,546	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	1,153	147,376	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	1,306	149,047	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	1,460	150,562	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	1,615	152,189	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	1,770	153,927	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	1,904	155,634	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	2,010	157,326	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	2,103	158,999	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	2,187	160,650	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	2,261	162,273	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	2,326	163,938	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	2,384	165,655	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	2,435	167,358	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	2,480	169,045	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	2,519	170,709	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	2,553	172,354	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	2,559	174,217	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Qatar, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.