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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Philippines	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	273	79,346	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,131	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	275	83,023	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	276	84,876	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	278	86,697	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	279	88,568	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	280	90,418	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	281	92,253	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	282	94,098	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	283	95,923	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	97,627	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	286	99,317	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	287	100,999	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	288	102,618	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	289	104,299	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	290	106,076	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	291	107,868	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	291	109,493	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	292	111,094	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	293	112,843	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	294	114,636	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	117,026	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	295	119,473	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	295	121,234	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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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.