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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	Puerto Rico	Greece	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,800	10,618	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,811	10,662	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,819	10,718	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,824	10,757	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,826	10,783	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,827	10,809	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,822	10,841	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,805	10,874	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,783	10,901	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,761	10,930	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	3,741	10,959	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	3,722	10,973	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	3,679	10,957	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	3,636	10,898	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	3,589	10,819	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	3,534	10,747	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	3,473	10,677	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	3,411	10,633	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	3,352	10,612	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	3,295	10,590	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	3,268	10,579	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	3,247	10,556	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	3,232	10,499	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	3,228	10,437	5,907

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, Puerto Rico, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.