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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	Burkina Faso	Greece	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	10,618	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	10,662	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	10,718	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	10,757	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	10,783	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	10,809	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	10,841	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	10,874	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	10,901	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	10,930	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	10,959	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	10,973	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	10,957	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	10,898	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	10,819	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	10,747	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	10,677	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	10,633	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	10,612	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	10,590	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	10,579	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	10,556	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	10,499	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	10,437	5,216

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

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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