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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	Sudan	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,618	26,168	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,662	26,771	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,718	27,387	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,757	28,017	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,783	28,662	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,809	29,321	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,841	29,996	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,874	30,686	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,901	31,393	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,930	32,137	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,959	33,078	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,973	33,891	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	10,957	34,568	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,898	35,293	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,819	36,093	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,747	37,058	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,677	38,165	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	10,633	39,294	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,612	40,512	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,590	41,764	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,579	42,952	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,556	44,121	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,499	45,290	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,437	46,498	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, Sudan, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.