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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	Romania	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,618	22,414	138
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,662	22,262	141
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,718	22,106	144
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,757	21,931	147
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,783	21,828	151
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,809	21,704	154
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,841	21,571	158
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,874	21,443	161
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,901	21,129	165
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,930	20,779	168
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,959	20,607	172
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,973	20,485	176
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,957	20,385	180
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,898	20,296	183
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,819	20,224	187
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,747	20,151	190
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,677	20,055	194
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,633	19,938	198
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,612	19,823	201
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,590	19,713	204
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,579	19,622	208
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,556	19,496	212
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,499	19,351	216
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,437	19,266	220

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.