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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosCongo - KinshasaOmanGreece
27351,1812,34810,618
27452,7822,40310,662
27554,4532,45710,718
27656,1702,51010,757
27857,8602,56210,783
27959,5992,61310,809
28061,4742,66310,841
28163,4792,71310,874
28265,5902,76410,901
28367,8002,81610,930
28570,1142,87110,959
28672,5502,92810,973
28775,1382,98610,957
28877,7923,04710,898
28980,5343,11010,819
29083,3683,17410,747
29186,2293,24010,677
29189,1933,30710,633
29292,2093,37510,612
29395,2323,44410,590
29498,3203,51210,579
294101,4993,58210,556
295104,7673,65110,499
295108,1713,69610,437

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.