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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Italy	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	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

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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.