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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	Dominica	Greece	Albania	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	70	10,618	3,085	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	71	10,662	3,065	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	71	10,718	3,047	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	72	10,757	3,038	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	72	10,783	3,026	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	72	10,809	3,014	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	72	10,841	2,998	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	72	10,874	2,979	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	72	10,901	2,957	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	73	10,930	2,934	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	73	10,959	2,915	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	73	10,973	2,900	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	73	10,957	2,892	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	73	10,898	2,888	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	73	10,819	2,882	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	73	10,747	2,876	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	74	10,677	2,868	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	74	10,633	2,863	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	74	10,612	2,861	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	74	10,590	2,854	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	75	10,579	2,842	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	75	10,556	2,825	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	76	10,499	2,799	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	76	10,437	2,787	3,696

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 Dominica, Albania, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.