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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	Greece	Albania	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,618	3,085	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,662	3,065	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,718	3,047	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,757	3,038	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,783	3,026	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,809	3,014	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,841	2,998	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,874	2,979	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,901	2,957	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,930	2,934	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,959	2,915	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,973	2,900	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,957	2,892	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,898	2,888	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,819	2,882	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,747	2,876	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,677	2,868	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,633	2,863	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,612	2,861	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,590	2,854	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,579	2,842	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,556	2,825	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,499	2,799	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,437	2,787	19,512

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, Senegal; the database as a whole is cited above.