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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Oman	Costa Rica
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	2,348	3,785
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	2,403	3,867
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	2,457	3,951
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	2,510	4,021
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	2,562	4,079
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	2,613	4,145
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	2,663	4,212
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	2,713	4,278
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	2,764	4,338
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	2,816	4,400
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	2,871	4,467
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	2,928	4,544
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	2,986	4,587
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	3,047	4,648
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	3,110	4,707
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	3,174	4,768
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	3,240	4,827
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	3,307	4,885
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	3,375	4,942
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	3,444	4,998
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	3,512	5,052
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	3,582	5,105
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	3,651	5,158
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	3,696	5,185

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 Oman, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.