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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	Yemen	Greece	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	10,618	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	10,662	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	10,718	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	10,757	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	10,783	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	10,809	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	10,841	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	10,874	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	10,901	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	10,930	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	10,959	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	10,973	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	10,957	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	10,898	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	10,819	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	10,747	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	10,677	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	10,633	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	10,612	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	10,590	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	10,579	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	10,556	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	10,499	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	10,437	6,291

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, Yemen, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.