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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	South Korea	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	46,617	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	47,008	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	47,370	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	47,645	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	47,892	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	48,083	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	48,185	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	48,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	48,684	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	49,055	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	49,308	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	49,554	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	49,937	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	50,200	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	50,429	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	50,747	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	51,015	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	51,218	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	51,362	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	51,585	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	51,765	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	51,836	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	51,745	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	51,731	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

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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