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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Greece	United States	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	10,618	279,040	273
Dec 31, 2000	10,662	282,162	274
Dec 31, 2001	10,718	284,969	275
Dec 31, 2002	10,757	287,625	276
Dec 31, 2003	10,783	290,108	278
Dec 31, 2004	10,809	292,805	279
Dec 31, 2005	10,841	295,517	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,874	298,380	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,901	301,231	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,930	304,094	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,959	306,772	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,973	309,327	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,957	311,583	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,898	313,878	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,819	316,060	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,747	318,386	290
Dec 31, 2015	10,677	320,739	291
Dec 31, 2016	10,633	323,072	291
Dec 31, 2017	10,612	325,122	292
Dec 31, 2018	10,590	326,838	293
Dec 31, 2019	10,579	328,330	294
Dec 31, 2020	10,556	331,512	294
Dec 31, 2021	10,499	332,032	295
Dec 31, 2022	10,437	333,288	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

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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