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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	Belgium	Romania	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	273	10,227	22,414	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	274	10,252	22,262	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	275	10,288	22,106	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	276	10,334	21,931	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	278	10,377	21,828	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	279	10,422	21,704	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	280	10,480	21,571	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	281	10,549	21,443	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	282	10,627	21,129	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	283	10,711	20,779	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	10,797	20,607	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	286	10,897	20,485	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	287	11,039	20,385	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	288	11,108	20,296	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	289	11,160	20,224	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	290	11,210	20,151	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	291	11,275	20,055	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,332	19,938	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,376	19,823	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,429	19,713	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	294	11,491	19,622	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	11,546	19,496	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	295	11,594	19,351	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	295	11,695	19,266	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.

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

Belgium

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
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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.