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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Australia	Palestinian Territories	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	18,692	2,996	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	18,907	3,075	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	19,151	3,155	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	19,371	3,235	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	19,595	3,315	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	19,805	3,396	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	20,048	3,478	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	20,320	3,559	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	20,694	3,642	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	21,113	3,727	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	21,553	3,817	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	21,891	3,907	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	22,197	3,997	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	22,588	4,088	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	22,980	4,178	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	23,326	4,269	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	23,664	4,359	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	24,036	4,451	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	24,445	4,533	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	24,823	4,615	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	25,204	4,715	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	25,529	4,820	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	25,574	4,930	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	25,826	5,042	10,487

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

Australia

1820-1828: Butlin, N.G. 'Our 200 Years', Queesland Calendar, 1988
1828-1860: N.G. Butlin, "Contours of the Australian Economy 1788-1860", Australian Economic Review, Sept. 1986, pp. 112-13;
1861-1938/9: N.G. Butlin, Australian Domestic Product, Investment and Foreign Borrowing 1861-1938/9, Cambridge, 1962,pp.460-1; amdended as indicated in N.G. Butlin, Investment in Australian Economic Development 1861-19000, Cambridge, 1964, p. 453 and with revised deflator shown in M.W. Butlin, A Preliminary Annual Databae 1900/1901 to 1973/1974, Discussion Paper 7701, Reserve Bank of Australia, 1977, p. 41
1938/9-1950: from expenditure aggregates in 1966/7 prices in M.W. Butlin, RS/FLW/, p.85.

Sweden

1300–1560: Krantz, O. (2017) “Swedish GDP 1300-1560 A Tentative Estimate” Lund Papers in Economic History: General Issues; No. 152.
1560–1950: Schön, L., and O. Krantz (2015) “New Swedish Historical National Accounts since the 16th Century in Constant and Current Prices” Lund Papers in Economic History no. 140

No separate list is published for Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.