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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	Romania	Sweden	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	8,858	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	8,872	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	8,896	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	8,925	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	8,958	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	8,994	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	9,030	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	9,081	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	9,148	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	9,220	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	9,299	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	9,378	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	9,449	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	9,519	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	9,600	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	9,696	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	9,799	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	9,923	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	10,058	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	10,175	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	10,279	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	10,354	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	10,416	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	10,487	530

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.