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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	Burkina Faso	Oman	Greece	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,348	10,618	273
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,403	10,662	274
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,457	10,718	275
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,510	10,757	276
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,562	10,783	278
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,613	10,809	279
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,663	10,841	280
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,713	10,874	281
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,764	10,901	282
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,816	10,930	283
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,871	10,959	285
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,928	10,973	286
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,986	10,957	287
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	3,047	10,898	288
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	3,110	10,819	289
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	3,174	10,747	290
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	3,240	10,677	291
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,307	10,633	291
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,375	10,612	292
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,444	10,590	293
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,512	10,579	294
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	3,582	10,556	294
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	3,651	10,499	295
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	3,696	10,437	295

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 Burkina Faso, Oman, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.