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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	Montenegro	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	273	623	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	274	623	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	275	623	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	276	622	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	278	621	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	279	621	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	280	621	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	281	620	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	282	620	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	283	621	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	622	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	286	623	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	287	622	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	288	622	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	289	622	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	290	621	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	291	620	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	291	618	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	292	616	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	293	614	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	294	613	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	612	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	295	611	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	295	610	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

Montenegro

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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.