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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	Iceland	Barbados	Greece	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	10,618	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	10,662	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	10,718	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	10,757	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	10,783	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	10,809	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	10,841	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	10,874	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	10,901	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	10,930	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	10,959	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	10,973	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	10,957	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	10,898	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	10,819	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	10,747	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	10,677	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	10,633	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	10,612	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	10,590	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	10,579	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	10,556	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	10,499	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	10,437	5,907

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Barbados, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.