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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	United Kingdom	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	273	58,946	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	274	59,149	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	275	59,377	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	276	59,631	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	278	59,903	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	279	60,217	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	280	60,682	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	281	61,098	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	61,593	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	283	62,100	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	285	62,539	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	286	63,040	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	287	63,567	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	288	63,989	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	289	64,392	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	64,885	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	291	65,400	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	291	65,941	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	292	66,335	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	293	66,732	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,095	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,380	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	295	67,651	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,093	217,718

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.

All data sources

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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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