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	Zambia	Moldova	Sri Lanka
Dec 31, 1999	10,327	4,244	19,354
Dec 31, 2000	10,649	4,199	19,610
Dec 31, 2001	10,980	4,154	19,838
Dec 31, 2002	11,290	4,108	20,060
Dec 31, 2003	11,593	4,059	20,297
Dec 31, 2004	11,907	4,013	20,529
Dec 31, 2005	12,243	3,966	20,703
Dec 31, 2006	12,612	3,919	20,917
Dec 31, 2007	13,005	3,873	21,120
Dec 31, 2008	13,412	3,829	21,315
Dec 31, 2009	13,822	3,788	21,503
Dec 31, 2010	14,255	3,748	21,713
Dec 31, 2011	14,709	3,709	21,918
Dec 31, 2012	15,165	3,671	22,120
Dec 31, 2013	15,631	3,633	22,320
Dec 31, 2014	16,121	3,595	22,517
Dec 31, 2015	16,624	3,558	22,711
Dec 31, 2016	17,140	3,522	22,899
Dec 31, 2017	17,674	3,485	23,080
Dec 31, 2018	18,222	3,448	23,254
Dec 31, 2019	18,780	3,412	23,420
Dec 31, 2020	19,349	3,376	23,579
Dec 31, 2021	19,928	3,339	23,732
Dec 31, 2022	20,485	3,570	23,796

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

Zambia

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Moldova, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.