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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	Laos	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,618	5,286	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,662	5,397	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,718	5,499	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,757	5,578	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,783	5,654	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,809	5,746	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,841	5,836	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,874	5,931	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,901	6,035	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,930	6,145	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,959	6,257	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,973	6,368	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,957	6,477	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,898	6,586	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,819	6,695	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,747	6,804	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,677	6,912	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,633	7,019	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,612	7,127	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,590	7,234	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,579	7,343	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,556	7,452	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,499	7,560	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,437	7,666	167

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, Laos, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.