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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Sweden	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	2,676

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

Jamaica

1850 - 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)

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