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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Congo - Kinshasa	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	70	51,181	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	71	52,782	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	71	54,453	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	72	56,170	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,860	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	72	59,599	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	72	61,474	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	72	63,479	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	72	65,590	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	73	67,800	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	73	70,114	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	73	72,550	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	73	75,138	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	73	77,792	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	73	80,534	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	73	83,368	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	74	86,229	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	74	89,193	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	74	92,209	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	74	95,232	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	75	98,320	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	75	101,499	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	76	104,767	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	76	108,171	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 Dominica, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.