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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	Laos	Greece	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	10,618	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	10,662	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	10,718	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	10,757	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	10,783	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	10,809	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	10,841	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	10,874	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	10,901	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	10,930	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	10,959	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	10,973	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	10,957	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	10,898	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	10,819	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	10,747	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	10,677	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	10,633	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	10,612	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	10,590	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	10,579	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	10,556	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	10,499	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	10,437	39,252

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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.