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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Philippines	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	79,346	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	81,131	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	83,023	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	84,876	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	86,697	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	88,568	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	90,418	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	92,253	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	94,098	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	95,923	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	97,627	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	99,317	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	100,999	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	102,618	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	104,299	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	106,076	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	107,868	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	109,493	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	111,094	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	112,843	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	114,636	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	117,026	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	119,473	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	121,234	1,330

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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

No separate list is published for Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.