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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	Yemen
Dec 31, 1999	273	8,858	16,728
Dec 31, 2000	274	8,872	17,236
Dec 31, 2001	275	8,896	17,762
Dec 31, 2002	276	8,925	18,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,958	18,855
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,994	19,410
Dec 31, 2005	280	9,030	20,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	9,081	20,611
Dec 31, 2007	282	9,148	21,236
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,220	21,878
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,299	22,533
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,378	23,195
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,449	23,880
Dec 31, 2012	288	9,519	24,594
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,600	25,311
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,696	26,020
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,799	26,698
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,923	27,347
Dec 31, 2017	292	10,058	27,985
Dec 31, 2018	293	10,175	28,608
Dec 31, 2019	294	10,279	29,216
Dec 31, 2020	294	10,354	29,811
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,416	30,399
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,487	31,058

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