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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	Dominican Republic	Greece	Burkina Faso	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	10,618	11,075	273
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	10,662	11,405	274
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	10,718	11,828	275
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	10,757	12,380	276
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	10,783	12,829	278
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	10,809	13,178	279
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	10,841	13,540	280
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	10,874	13,917	281
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	10,901	14,309	282
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	10,930	14,722	283
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	10,959	15,152	285
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	10,973	15,600	286
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	10,957	16,064	287
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	10,898	16,563	288
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	10,819	17,072	289
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	10,747	17,575	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	10,677	18,094	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	10,633	18,621	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	10,612	19,157	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	10,590	19,698	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	10,579	20,242	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	10,556	20,788	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	10,499	21,336	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	10,437	21,889	295

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 Dominican Republic, Burkina Faso, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.