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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 BarbadosEstoniaGreeceUnited Arab Emirates
2731,37810,6183,101
2741,40010,6623,284
2751,39110,7183,458
2761,38210,7573,613
2781,37410,7833,754
2791,36510,8093,882
2801,35710,8414,000
2811,34910,8744,532
2821,34110,9015,623
2831,33710,9307,277
2851,33410,9598,164
2861,33210,9738,152
2871,32810,9578,438
2881,32410,8988,747
2891,31910,8199,077
2901,31410,7479,321
2911,31210,6779,461
2911,31410,6339,587
2921,31410,6129,699
2931,31810,5909,796
2941,32310,5799,879
2941,32710,5569,953
2951,32910,49910,018
2951,33010,43710,099

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, Estonia, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.