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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	Greece	Oman	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	387	10,618	2,348	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	390	10,662	2,403	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	393	10,718	2,457	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	396	10,757	2,510	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	398	10,783	2,562	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	401	10,809	2,613	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	404	10,841	2,663	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	405	10,874	2,713	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	406	10,901	2,764	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	409	10,930	2,816	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	412	10,959	2,871	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	414	10,973	2,928	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	416	10,957	2,986	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	420	10,898	3,047	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	426	10,819	3,110	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	435	10,747	3,174	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	445	10,677	3,240	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	455	10,633	3,307	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	468	10,612	3,375	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	485	10,590	3,444	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	504	10,579	3,512	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	516	10,556	3,582	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	518	10,499	3,651	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	530	10,437	3,696	108,171

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, Oman, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.