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

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