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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	Dominica	Oman	Burkina Faso	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	70	2,348	11,075	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	71	2,403	11,405	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	71	2,457	11,828	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	72	2,510	12,380	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	72	2,562	12,829	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	72	2,613	13,178	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	72	2,663	13,540	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	72	2,713	13,917	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	72	2,764	14,309	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	73	2,816	14,722	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	73	2,871	15,152	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	73	2,928	15,600	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	73	2,986	16,064	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,047	16,563	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,110	17,072	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,174	17,575	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,240	18,094	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,307	18,621	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,375	19,157	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,444	19,698	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,512	20,242	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,582	20,788	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,651	21,336	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,696	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.

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