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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Central African Republic	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	3,889	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	3,980	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	4,054	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	4,128	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	4,215	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	4,289	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	4,363	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	4,449	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	4,544	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	4,641	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	4,742	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	4,845	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	4,950	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	5,057	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	5,167	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	5,278	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	5,392	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	5,507	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	5,625	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	5,745	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	5,874	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	6,025	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	6,154	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	6,291	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 Central African Republic, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.