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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	Oman	Greece	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	10,618	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	10,662	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	10,718	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	10,757	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	10,783	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	10,809	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	10,841	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	10,874	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	10,901	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	10,930	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	10,959	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	10,973	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	10,957	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	10,898	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	10,819	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	10,747	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	10,677	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	10,633	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	10,612	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	10,590	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	10,579	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	10,556	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	10,499	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	10,437	1,330

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, Oman, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.