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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	Qatar	Greece	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	627	10,618	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	659	10,662	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	691	10,718	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	724	10,757	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	757	10,783	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	850	10,809	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	1,001	10,841	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	1,153	10,874	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	1,306	10,901	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	1,460	10,930	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	1,615	10,959	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	1,770	10,973	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	1,904	10,957	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,010	10,898	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,103	10,819	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,187	10,747	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,261	10,677	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,326	10,633	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,384	10,612	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,435	10,590	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,480	10,579	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,519	10,556	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,553	10,499	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,559	10,437	31,058

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, Qatar, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.