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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	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	10,618	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	10,662	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	10,718	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	10,757	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	10,783	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	10,809	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	10,841	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	10,874	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	10,901	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	10,930	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	10,959	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	10,973	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	10,957	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	10,898	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	10,819	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	10,747	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	10,677	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	10,633	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	10,612	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	10,590	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	10,579	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	10,556	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	10,499	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	10,437	3,570

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