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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	Iceland	Germany	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	81,439	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	81,474	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	81,534	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	81,595	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	81,566	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	81,473	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	81,354	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	81,190	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	81,009	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	80,781	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	80,500	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	80,301	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	80,292	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	80,443	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	80,663	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	81,000	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	81,704	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	82,366	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	82,674	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	82,923	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	83,110	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	83,178	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	83,213	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	83,811	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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.