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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Albania	Greece	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	10,618	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	10,662	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	10,718	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	10,757	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	10,783	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	10,809	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	10,841	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	10,874	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	10,901	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	10,930	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	10,959	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	10,973	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	10,957	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	10,898	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	10,819	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	10,747	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	10,677	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	10,633	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	10,612	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	10,590	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	10,579	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	10,556	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	10,499	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	10,437	220

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

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados, Albania, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.