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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Brazil	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	273	174,320	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	274	176,902	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	275	179,389	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	276	181,721	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	278	183,970	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	279	186,165	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	280	188,330	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	281	190,438	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	282	192,450	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	283	194,458	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	196,464	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	286	198,408	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	287	200,152	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	288	201,894	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	289	203,614	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	290	205,358	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	291	207,148	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	291	208,859	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	292	210,537	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	293	212,258	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	294	213,940	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	215,577	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	295	216,720	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	295	217,718	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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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.