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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	Barbados	United Arab Emirates	United Kingdom
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,101	58,946
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,284	59,149
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,458	59,377
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,613	59,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,754	59,903
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,882	60,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,000	60,682
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,532	61,098
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,623	61,593
Dec 31, 2008	283	7,277	62,100
Dec 31, 2009	285	8,164	62,539
Dec 31, 2010	286	8,152	63,040
Dec 31, 2011	287	8,438	63,567
Dec 31, 2012	288	8,747	63,989
Dec 31, 2013	289	9,077	64,392
Dec 31, 2014	290	9,321	64,885
Dec 31, 2015	291	9,461	65,400
Dec 31, 2016	291	9,587	65,941
Dec 31, 2017	292	9,699	66,335
Dec 31, 2018	293	9,796	66,732
Dec 31, 2019	294	9,879	67,095
Dec 31, 2020	294	9,953	67,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	10,018	67,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	10,099	68,093

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

United Kingdom

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

No separate list is published for Barbados, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.