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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	Colombia
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	38,365
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	38,911
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	39,411
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	39,918
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	40,416
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	40,899
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	41,374
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	41,862
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	42,324
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	42,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	43,264
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	43,771
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	44,225
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	44,660
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	45,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	45,846
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	46,290
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	46,796
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	47,385
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	48,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	49,326
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	50,283
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	50,978
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	51,332

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

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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.