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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Oman	Seychelles
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	2,348	78
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	2,403	79
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	2,457	80
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	2,510	81
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	2,562	82
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	2,613	83
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	2,663	84
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	2,713	85
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	2,764	86
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	2,816	87
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	2,871	87
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	2,928	88
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	2,986	89
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	3,047	90
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	3,110	91
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	3,174	92
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	3,240	92
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	3,307	93
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	3,375	94
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	3,444	95
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	3,512	96
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	3,582	97
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	3,651	98
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	3,696	98

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, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.