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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	Sweden	Bahrain
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	633
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	648
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	665
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	707
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	773
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	839
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	907
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	974
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	1,043
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	1,096
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	1,133
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	1,168
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	1,202
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	1,236
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	1,268
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	1,301
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	1,333
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	1,365
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	1,396
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	1,428
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	1,459
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	1,489
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	1,511
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	1,521

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

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