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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	Cape Verde	Burkina Faso	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	422	11,075	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	430	11,405	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	438	11,828	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	447	12,380	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	455	12,829	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	463	13,178	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	471	13,540	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	478	13,917	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	486	14,309	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	494	14,722	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	501	15,152	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	509	15,600	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	516	16,064	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	524	16,563	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	531	17,072	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	539	17,575	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	546	18,094	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	553	18,621	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	562	19,157	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	568	19,698	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	574	20,242	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	580	20,788	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	585	21,336	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	590	21,889	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.

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