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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Sweden	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	48,065

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

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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