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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,618	51,181	78
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,662	52,782	79
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,718	54,453	80
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,757	56,170	81
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,783	57,860	82
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,809	59,599	83
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,841	61,474	84
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,874	63,479	85
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,901	65,590	86
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,930	67,800	87
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,959	70,114	87
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,973	72,550	88
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,957	75,138	89
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,898	77,792	90
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,819	80,534	91
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,747	83,368	92
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,677	86,229	92
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,633	89,193	93
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,612	92,209	94
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,590	95,232	95
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,579	98,320	96
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,556	101,499	97
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,499	104,767	98
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,437	108,171	98

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