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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaGreeceBurkina FasoCongo - Kinshasa
7010,61811,07551,181
7110,66211,40552,782
7110,71811,82854,453
7210,75712,38056,170
7210,78312,82957,860
7210,80913,17859,599
7210,84113,54061,474
7210,87413,91763,479
7210,90114,30965,590
7310,93014,72267,800
7310,95915,15270,114
7310,97315,60072,550
7310,95716,06475,138
7310,89816,56377,792
7310,81917,07280,534
7310,74717,57583,368
7410,67718,09486,229
7410,63318,62189,193
7410,61219,15792,209
7410,59019,69895,232
7510,57920,24298,320
7510,55620,788101,499
7610,49921,336104,767
7610,43721,889108,171

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, Burkina Faso, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.