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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosEstoniaUnited Kingdom
2731,37858,946
2741,40059,149
2751,39159,377
2761,38259,631
2781,37459,903
2791,36560,217
2801,35760,682
2811,34961,098
2821,34161,593
2831,33762,100
2851,33462,539
2861,33263,040
2871,32863,567
2881,32463,989
2891,31964,392
2901,31464,885
2911,31265,400
2911,31465,941
2921,31466,335
2931,31866,732
2941,32367,095
2941,32767,380
2951,32967,651
2951,33068,093

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, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.