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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Moldova	São Tomé & Príncipe
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	4,244	138
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	4,199	141
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	4,154	144
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	4,108	147
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	4,059	151
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	4,013	154
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	3,966	158
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	3,919	161
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	3,873	165
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	3,829	168
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	3,788	172
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	3,748	176
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	3,709	180
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	3,671	183
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	3,633	187
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	3,595	190
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	3,558	194
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	3,522	198
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	3,485	201
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	3,448	204
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	3,412	208
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	3,376	212
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	3,339	216
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	3,570	220

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 Moldova, São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.