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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	Puerto Rico	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	70	3,800	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	71	3,811	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	71	3,819	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	72	3,824	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	72	3,826	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	72	3,827	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	72	3,822	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	72	3,805	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	72	3,783	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	73	3,761	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	73	3,741	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	73	3,722	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	73	3,679	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	73	3,636	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	73	3,589	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	73	3,534	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	74	3,473	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	74	3,411	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	74	3,352	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	74	3,295	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	75	3,268	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	75	3,247	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	76	3,232	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	76	3,228	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, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.