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	Yemen	Germany	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	16,728	81,439	273
Dec 31, 2000	17,236	81,474	274
Dec 31, 2001	17,762	81,534	275
Dec 31, 2002	18,310	81,595	276
Dec 31, 2003	18,855	81,566	278
Dec 31, 2004	19,410	81,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	20,000	81,354	280
Dec 31, 2006	20,611	81,190	281
Dec 31, 2007	21,236	81,009	282
Dec 31, 2008	21,878	80,781	283
Dec 31, 2009	22,533	80,500	285
Dec 31, 2010	23,195	80,301	286
Dec 31, 2011	23,880	80,292	287
Dec 31, 2012	24,594	80,443	288
Dec 31, 2013	25,311	80,663	289
Dec 31, 2014	26,020	81,000	290
Dec 31, 2015	26,698	81,704	291
Dec 31, 2016	27,347	82,366	291
Dec 31, 2017	27,985	82,674	292
Dec 31, 2018	28,608	82,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	29,216	83,110	294
Dec 31, 2020	29,811	83,178	294
Dec 31, 2021	30,399	83,213	295
Dec 31, 2022	31,058	83,811	295

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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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