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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	Thailand	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	59,748	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	60,165	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	60,746	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	61,323	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	61,884	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	62,425	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	62,956	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	63,467	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	63,937	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	64,381	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	64,804	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	65,208	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	65,599	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	65,970	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	66,332	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	66,673	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	66,975	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	67,250	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	67,506	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	67,750	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	67,975	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	68,180	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	68,366	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	68,457	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.

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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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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