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Population, long-run history

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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date São Tomé & PríncipeYemenGreece
13816,72810,618
14117,23610,662
14417,76210,718
14718,31010,757
15118,85510,783
15419,41010,809
15820,00010,841
16120,61110,874
16521,23610,901
16821,87810,930
17222,53310,959
17623,19510,973
18023,88010,957
18324,59410,898
18725,31110,819
19026,02010,747
19426,69810,677
19827,34710,633
20127,98510,612
20428,60810,590
20829,21610,579
21229,81110,556
21630,39910,499
22031,05810,437

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.

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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

No separate list is published for São Tomé & Príncipe, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.