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	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	1,883

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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania, Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.