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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Yemen	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	70	16,728	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	71	17,236	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	71	17,762	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	72	18,310	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	72	18,855	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	72	19,410	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	72	20,000	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	72	20,611	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	72	21,236	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	73	21,878	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	73	22,533	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	73	23,195	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	73	23,880	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	73	24,594	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	73	25,311	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	73	26,020	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	74	26,698	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	74	27,347	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	74	27,985	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	74	28,608	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	75	29,216	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	75	29,811	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	76	30,399	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	76	31,058	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 Dominica, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.