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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Thailand
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	3,811	59,748
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	3,901	60,165
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	3,919	60,746
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	3,923	61,323
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	3,940	61,884
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	3,975	62,425
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	3,991	62,956
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	3,993	63,467
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	3,990	63,937
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	3,987	64,381
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	3,985	64,804
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	3,983	65,208
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	3,980	65,599
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	3,977	65,970
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	3,973	66,332
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	3,968	66,673
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	3,963	66,975
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	3,957	67,250
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	3,951	67,506
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	3,944	67,750
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	3,937	67,975
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	3,929	68,180
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	3,921	68,366
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	3,876	68,457

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989