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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	Malta	Burkina Faso	Oman	Greece
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	2,348	10,618
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	2,403	10,662
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	2,457	10,718
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	2,510	10,757
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	2,562	10,783
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	2,613	10,809
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	2,663	10,841
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	2,713	10,874
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	2,764	10,901
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	2,816	10,930
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	2,871	10,959
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	2,928	10,973
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	2,986	10,957
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	3,047	10,898
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	3,110	10,819
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	3,174	10,747
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	3,240	10,677
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	3,307	10,633
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	3,375	10,612
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	3,444	10,590
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	3,512	10,579
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	3,582	10,556
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	3,651	10,499
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	3,696	10,437

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

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 Malta, Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.