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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Azerbaijan	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	8,056	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	8,127	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	8,194	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	8,257	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	8,319	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	8,391	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	8,475	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	8,565	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	8,657	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	8,750	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	8,842	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	8,933	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	9,025	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	9,117	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	9,210	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	9,302	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	9,393	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	9,481	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	9,567	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	9,649	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	9,727	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	9,802	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	9,874	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	9,918	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.

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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 Azerbaijan, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.