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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	Ghana	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,327	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	274	19,792	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,280	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	276	20,806	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,350	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,900	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	280	22,469	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	281	23,058	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	282	23,661	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	283	24,270	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	24,899	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	286	25,559	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	287	26,244	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	288	26,945	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	289	27,664	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	290	28,405	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	291	29,146	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	291	29,879	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	292	30,617	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	293	31,362	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	294	32,111	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	32,864	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,622	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,280	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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.