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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Sweden	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	17,288

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

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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