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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	Tunisia	Greece	Congo - Kinshasa	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	9,417	10,618	51,181	273
Dec 31, 2000	9,514	10,662	52,782	274
Dec 31, 2001	9,613	10,718	54,453	275
Dec 31, 2002	9,711	10,757	56,170	276
Dec 31, 2003	9,810	10,783	57,860	278
Dec 31, 2004	9,906	10,809	59,599	279
Dec 31, 2005	9,997	10,841	61,474	280
Dec 31, 2006	10,087	10,874	63,479	281
Dec 31, 2007	10,178	10,901	65,590	282
Dec 31, 2008	10,274	10,930	67,800	283
Dec 31, 2009	10,377	10,959	70,114	285
Dec 31, 2010	10,491	10,973	72,550	286
Dec 31, 2011	10,612	10,957	75,138	287
Dec 31, 2012	10,737	10,898	77,792	288
Dec 31, 2013	10,866	10,819	80,534	289
Dec 31, 2014	10,996	10,747	83,368	290
Dec 31, 2015	11,124	10,677	86,229	291
Dec 31, 2016	11,248	10,633	89,193	291
Dec 31, 2017	11,365	10,612	92,209	292
Dec 31, 2018	11,477	10,590	95,232	293
Dec 31, 2019	11,583	10,579	98,320	294
Dec 31, 2020	11,681	10,556	101,499	294
Dec 31, 2021	11,772	10,499	104,767	295
Dec 31, 2022	11,862	10,437	108,171	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.

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