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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	Tanzania
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	32,912
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	33,953
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	34,974
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	36,021
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	37,100
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	38,167
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	39,262
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	40,387
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	41,557
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	42,741
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	43,889
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	45,132
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	46,531
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	47,965
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	49,437
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	50,965
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	52,604
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	54,336
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	56,062
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	57,765
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	59,465
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	61,191
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	62,944
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	64,835

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