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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	Burkina Faso	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	10,618	11,075	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	10,662	11,405	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	10,718	11,828	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	10,757	12,380	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	10,783	12,829	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	10,809	13,178	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	10,841	13,540	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	10,874	13,917	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	10,901	14,309	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	10,930	14,722	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	10,959	15,152	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	10,973	15,600	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	10,957	16,064	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	10,898	16,563	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	10,819	17,072	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	10,747	17,575	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	10,677	18,094	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	10,633	18,621	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	10,612	19,157	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	10,590	19,698	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	10,579	20,242	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	10,556	20,788	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	10,499	21,336	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	10,437	21,889	7,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.