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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	Central African Republic	Greece	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	10,618	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	10,662	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	10,718	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	10,757	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	10,783	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	10,809	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	10,841	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	10,874	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	10,901	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	10,930	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	10,959	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	10,973	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	10,957	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	10,898	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	10,819	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	10,747	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	10,677	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	10,633	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	10,612	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	10,590	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	10,579	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	10,556	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	10,499	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	10,437	2,559

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, Central African Republic, Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.