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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 Kingdom	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	273	58,946	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	274	59,149	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	275	59,377	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	276	59,631	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	278	59,903	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	279	60,217	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	280	60,682	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	281	61,098	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	282	61,593	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	283	62,100	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	285	62,539	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	286	63,040	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	287	63,567	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	288	63,989	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	289	64,392	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	290	64,885	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	291	65,400	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	291	65,941	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	292	66,335	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	293	66,732	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,095	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,380	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	295	67,651	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,093	5,556

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

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

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