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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	18,494

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