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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	Greece	Burkina Faso	Estonia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	11,075	1,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	11,405	1,400	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	11,828	1,391	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	12,380	1,382	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	12,829	1,374	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	13,178	1,365	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	13,540	1,357	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	13,917	1,349	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	14,309	1,341	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	14,722	1,337	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	15,152	1,334	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	15,600	1,332	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	16,064	1,328	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	16,563	1,324	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	17,072	1,319	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	17,575	1,314	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	18,094	1,312	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	18,621	1,314	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	19,157	1,314	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	19,698	1,318	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	20,242	1,323	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	20,788	1,327	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	21,336	1,329	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	21,889	1,330	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 Burkina Faso, Estonia, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.