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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosOmanGreeceEswatini
2732,34810,6181,033
2742,40310,6621,032
2752,45710,7181,030
2762,51010,7571,028
2782,56210,7831,026
2792,61310,8091,025
2802,66310,8411,023
2812,71310,8741,021
2822,76410,9011,019
2832,81610,9301,017
2852,87110,9591,017
2862,92810,9731,019
2872,98610,9571,024
2883,04710,8981,032
2893,11010,8191,041
2903,17410,7471,051
2913,24010,6771,060
2913,30710,6331,069
2923,37510,6121,078
2933,44410,5901,087
2943,51210,5791,096
2943,58210,5561,106
2953,65110,4991,117
2953,69610,4371,126

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