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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Sweden	Philippines
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	79,346
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	81,131
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	83,023
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	84,876
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	86,697
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	88,568
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	90,418
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	92,253
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	94,098
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	95,923
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	97,627
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	99,317
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	100,999
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	102,618
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	104,299
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	106,076
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	107,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	109,493
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	111,094
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	112,843
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	114,636
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	117,026
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	119,473
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	121,234

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

Philippines

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-1950: R.W. Hooley, "Long Term Growth of the Philippine Economy, 1902-1961", , The Philippine Economic Journal, First Semester, 1968.

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