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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	Madagascar	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	15,259	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	15,707	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	16,162	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	16,631	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	17,114	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	17,610	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	18,120	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	18,641	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	19,173	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	19,717	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	20,272	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	20,837	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	21,413	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	21,999	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	22,593	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	23,196	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	23,806	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	24,423	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	25,044	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	25,671	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	26,302	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	26,936	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	27,573	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	28,237	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 Madagascar; the database as a whole is cited above.