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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	Iceland	Spain	Greece
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	40,378	10,618
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	40,563	10,662
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	40,775	10,718
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	41,433	10,757
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	42,205	10,783
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	42,869	10,809
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	43,672	10,841
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	44,370	10,874
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	45,246	10,901
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	45,993	10,930
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	46,378	10,959
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	46,573	10,973
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	46,746	10,957
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	46,777	10,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	46,603	10,819
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	46,465	10,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	46,420	10,677
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	46,460	10,633
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	46,543	10,612
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	46,739	10,590
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	47,116	10,579
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	47,366	10,556
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	47,342	10,499
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	47,625	10,437

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Spain

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
1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

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; the database as a whole is cited above.