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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	Russia	Oman	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	273	147,218	2,348	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	274	146,600	2,403	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	275	145,980	2,457	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	276	145,310	2,510	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	278	144,652	2,562	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	279	144,071	2,613	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,522	2,663	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	281	143,053	2,713	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	282	142,809	2,764	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	283	142,746	2,816	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	142,789	2,871	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	286	142,853	2,928	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	287	142,964	2,986	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	288	143,205	3,047	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	289	143,510	3,110	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	290	146,094	3,174	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	291	146,410	3,240	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	291	146,678	3,307	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	292	146,846	3,375	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	293	146,834	3,444	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	294	146,768	3,512	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	146,463	3,582	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	295	145,849	3,651	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	295	146,693	3,696	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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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