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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	Moldova	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	2,348	4,244	387
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	2,403	4,199	390
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	2,457	4,154	393
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	2,510	4,108	396
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	2,562	4,059	398
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	2,613	4,013	401
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	2,663	3,966	404
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	2,713	3,919	405
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	2,764	3,873	406
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	2,816	3,829	409
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	2,871	3,788	412
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	2,928	3,748	414
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	2,986	3,709	416
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	3,047	3,671	420
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	3,110	3,633	426
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	3,174	3,595	435
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	3,240	3,558	445
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	3,307	3,522	455
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	3,375	3,485	468
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	3,444	3,448	485
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	3,512	3,412	504
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	3,582	3,376	516
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	3,651	3,339	518
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	3,696	3,570	530

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, Moldova, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.