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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Saudi Arabia	Romania	Sweden
Dec 31, 1999	19,964	22,414	8,858
Dec 31, 2000	20,426	22,262	8,872
Dec 31, 2001	20,956	22,106	8,896
Dec 31, 2002	21,549	21,931	8,925
Dec 31, 2003	22,189	21,828	8,958
Dec 31, 2004	22,850	21,704	8,994
Dec 31, 2005	23,516	21,571	9,030
Dec 31, 2006	24,178	21,443	9,081
Dec 31, 2007	24,841	21,129	9,148
Dec 31, 2008	25,518	20,779	9,220
Dec 31, 2009	26,227	20,607	9,299
Dec 31, 2010	27,068	20,485	9,378
Dec 31, 2011	27,810	20,385	9,449
Dec 31, 2012	28,516	20,296	9,519
Dec 31, 2013	29,220	20,224	9,600
Dec 31, 2014	29,936	20,151	9,696
Dec 31, 2015	30,646	20,055	9,799
Dec 31, 2016	31,360	19,938	9,923
Dec 31, 2017	32,184	19,823	10,058
Dec 31, 2018	32,869	19,713	10,175
Dec 31, 2019	33,661	19,622	10,279
Dec 31, 2020	34,542	19,496	10,354
Dec 31, 2021	33,651	19,351	10,416
Dec 31, 2022	34,081	19,266	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

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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