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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	Luxembourg	Congo - Kinshasa	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	433	51,181	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	438	52,782	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	443	54,453	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	448	56,170	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,860	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	460	59,599	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	467	61,474	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	474	63,479	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	482	65,590	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	491	67,800	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	500	70,114	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	509	72,550	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	521	75,138	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	533	77,792	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	547	80,534	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	560	83,368	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	571	86,229	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	586	89,193	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	599	92,209	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	610	95,232	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	623	98,320	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	633	101,499	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	643	104,767	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	651	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 Luxembourg, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.