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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Burkina Faso	Oman	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	11,075	2,348	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	11,405	2,403	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	11,828	2,457	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	12,380	2,510	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	12,829	2,562	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	13,178	2,613	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	13,540	2,663	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	13,917	2,713	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	14,309	2,764	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	14,722	2,816	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	15,152	2,871	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	15,600	2,928	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	16,064	2,986	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	16,563	3,047	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	17,072	3,110	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	17,575	3,174	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	18,094	3,240	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	18,621	3,307	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	19,157	3,375	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	19,698	3,444	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	20,242	3,512	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	20,788	3,582	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	21,336	3,651	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	21,889	3,696	10,487

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.

All data sources

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 Burkina Faso, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.