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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	Saudi Arabia	Oman	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	273	19,964	2,348	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	274	20,426	2,403	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	275	20,956	2,457	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,549	2,510	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	278	22,189	2,562	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	279	22,850	2,613	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	280	23,516	2,663	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	281	24,178	2,713	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	282	24,841	2,764	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	283	25,518	2,816	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	285	26,227	2,871	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	286	27,068	2,928	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	287	27,810	2,986	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	288	28,516	3,047	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	289	29,220	3,110	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	290	29,936	3,174	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	291	30,646	3,240	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	291	31,360	3,307	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	292	32,184	3,375	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	293	32,869	3,444	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	294	33,661	3,512	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	294	34,542	3,582	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	295	33,651	3,651	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	295	34,081	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.