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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	Cambodia
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	12,122
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	12,317
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	12,504
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	12,691
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	12,881
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	13,076
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	13,276
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	13,461
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	13,630
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	13,808
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	13,990
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	14,162
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	14,322
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	14,480
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	14,637
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	14,793
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	14,994
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	15,238
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	15,480
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	15,717
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	15,944
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	16,149
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	16,338
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	16,514

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