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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	Oman	Burkina Faso
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,618	2,348	11,075
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,662	2,403	11,405
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,718	2,457	11,828
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,757	2,510	12,380
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,783	2,562	12,829
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,809	2,613	13,178
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,841	2,663	13,540
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,874	2,713	13,917
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,901	2,764	14,309
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,930	2,816	14,722
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,959	2,871	15,152
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,973	2,928	15,600
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,957	2,986	16,064
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,898	3,047	16,563
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,819	3,110	17,072
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,747	3,174	17,575
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,677	3,240	18,094
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,633	3,307	18,621
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,612	3,375	19,157
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,590	3,444	19,698
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,579	3,512	20,242
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,556	3,582	20,788
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,499	3,651	21,336
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,437	3,696	21,889

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, Oman, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.