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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date DominicaOmanGreece
702,34810,618
712,40310,662
712,45710,718
722,51010,757
722,56210,783
722,61310,809
722,66310,841
722,71310,874
722,76410,901
732,81610,930
732,87110,959
732,92810,973
732,98610,957
733,04710,898
733,11010,819
733,17410,747
743,24010,677
743,30710,633
743,37510,612
743,44410,590
753,51210,579
753,58210,556
763,65110,499
763,69610,437

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.

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