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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	France	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	60,396	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	60,811	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	61,255	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	61,703	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	62,141	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	62,600	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	63,073	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	63,513	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	63,906	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	64,264	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	64,594	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	64,913	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	65,231	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	65,552	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	65,891	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	66,212	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	66,480	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	66,730	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	67,015	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	67,347	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	67,660	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	67,901	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	68,114	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	68,387	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

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.