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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Oman	Denmark	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	2,348	5,322	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	2,403	5,339	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	2,457	5,358	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	2,510	5,377	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	2,562	5,391	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	2,613	5,404	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	2,663	5,420	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	2,713	5,438	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	2,764	5,461	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	2,816	5,494	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	2,871	5,524	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	2,928	5,548	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	2,986	5,571	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	3,047	5,592	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	3,110	5,614	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	3,174	5,644	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	3,240	5,683	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	3,307	5,730	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	3,375	5,766	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	3,444	5,795	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	3,512	5,818	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	3,582	5,831	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	3,651	5,855	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	3,696	5,907	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.

All data sources

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, Denmark, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.