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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Sweden	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	146,693

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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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