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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	Iceland	Greece
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,348	277	10,618
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,403	281	10,662
Dec 31, 2001	275	2,457	285	10,718
Dec 31, 2002	276	2,510	288	10,757
Dec 31, 2003	278	2,562	289	10,783
Dec 31, 2004	279	2,613	293	10,809
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,663	296	10,841
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,713	304	10,874
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,764	311	10,901
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,816	319	10,930
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,871	319	10,959
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,928	318	10,973
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,986	319	10,957
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,047	321	10,898
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,110	324	10,819
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,174	327	10,747
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,240	331	10,677
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,307	335	10,633
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,375	343	10,612
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,444	353	10,590
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,512	361	10,579
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,582	366	10,556
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,651	372	10,499
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,696	380	10,437

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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; the database as a whole is cited above.