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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	Central African Republic	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,618	3,889	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,662	3,980	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,718	4,054	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,757	4,128	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,783	4,215	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,809	4,289	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,841	4,363	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,874	4,449	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,901	4,544	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,930	4,641	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,959	4,742	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,973	4,845	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,957	4,950	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,898	5,057	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,819	5,167	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,747	5,278	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,677	5,392	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,633	5,507	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,612	5,625	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,590	5,745	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,579	5,874	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,556	6,025	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,499	6,154	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,437	6,291	530

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