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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominican Republic	Greece	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	8,175	10,618	138
Dec 31, 2000	8,301	10,662	141
Dec 31, 2001	8,427	10,718	144
Dec 31, 2002	8,553	10,757	147
Dec 31, 2003	8,678	10,783	151
Dec 31, 2004	8,801	10,809	154
Dec 31, 2005	8,924	10,841	158
Dec 31, 2006	9,044	10,874	161
Dec 31, 2007	9,164	10,901	165
Dec 31, 2008	9,281	10,930	168
Dec 31, 2009	9,398	10,959	172
Dec 31, 2010	9,512	10,973	176
Dec 31, 2011	9,627	10,957	180
Dec 31, 2012	9,742	10,898	183
Dec 31, 2013	9,855	10,819	187
Dec 31, 2014	9,965	10,747	190
Dec 31, 2015	10,072	10,677	194
Dec 31, 2016	10,177	10,633	198
Dec 31, 2017	10,281	10,612	201
Dec 31, 2018	10,385	10,590	204
Dec 31, 2019	10,487	10,579	208
Dec 31, 2020	10,587	10,556	212
Dec 31, 2021	10,686	10,499	216
Dec 31, 2022	10,793	10,437	220

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 Dominican Republic, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.