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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	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	19,266

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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