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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	Côte d’Ivoire
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	17,106
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	17,552
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	18,010
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	18,438
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	18,895
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	19,432
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	19,968
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	20,512
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	21,097
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	21,699
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	22,285
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	22,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	23,343
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	23,879
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	24,492
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	25,104
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	25,719
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	26,348
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	26,984
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	27,614
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	28,252
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	28,895
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	29,546
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	30,279

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, Côte d’Ivoire; the database as a whole is cited above.