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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Oman	Greece	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	2,348	10,618	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	2,403	10,662	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	2,457	10,718	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	2,510	10,757	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	2,562	10,783	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	2,613	10,809	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	2,663	10,841	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	2,713	10,874	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	2,764	10,901	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	2,816	10,930	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	2,871	10,959	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	2,928	10,973	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	2,986	10,957	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	3,047	10,898	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	3,110	10,819	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	3,174	10,747	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	3,240	10,677	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	3,307	10,633	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	3,375	10,612	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	3,444	10,590	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	3,512	10,579	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	3,582	10,556	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	3,651	10,499	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	3,696	10,437	530

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Oman, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.