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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	Oman	Greece	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,348	10,618	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,403	10,662	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,457	10,718	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,510	10,757	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,562	10,783	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	72	2,613	10,809	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	72	2,663	10,841	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	72	2,713	10,874	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	72	2,764	10,901	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	73	2,816	10,930	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	73	2,871	10,959	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	73	2,928	10,973	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	73	2,986	10,957	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,047	10,898	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,110	10,819	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,174	10,747	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,240	10,677	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,307	10,633	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,375	10,612	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,444	10,590	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,512	10,579	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,582	10,556	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,651	10,499	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,696	10,437	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, Oman, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.