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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	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	7,169

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