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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Sweden	Romania	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	8,858	22,414	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	8,872	22,262	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	8,896	22,106	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	8,925	21,931	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	8,958	21,828	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	8,994	21,704	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	9,030	21,571	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	9,081	21,443	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	9,148	21,129	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	9,220	20,779	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	9,299	20,607	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	9,378	20,485	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	9,449	20,385	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	9,519	20,296	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	9,600	20,224	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	9,696	20,151	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	9,799	20,055	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	9,923	19,938	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	10,058	19,823	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	10,175	19,713	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	10,279	19,622	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	10,354	19,496	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	10,416	19,351	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	10,487	19,266	2,787

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

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.

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.