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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	Barbados	Bangladesh	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	273	132,907	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	274	135,207	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	275	137,420	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	276	139,573	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	278	141,650	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	279	143,644	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	280	145,546	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	281	147,376	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	282	149,047	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	283	150,562	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	152,189	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	286	153,927	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	287	155,634	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	288	157,326	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	289	158,999	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	290	160,650	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	291	162,273	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	291	163,938	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	292	165,655	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	293	167,358	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	294	169,045	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	170,709	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	295	172,354	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	295	174,217	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

Bangladesh

1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.