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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	United Kingdom	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	58,946	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	59,149	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	59,377	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	59,631	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	59,903	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	60,217	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	60,682	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	61,098	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	61,593	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	62,100	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	62,539	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	63,040	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	63,567	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	63,989	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	64,392	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	64,885	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	65,400	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	65,941	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	66,335	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	66,732	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,095	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,380	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	67,651	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,093	7,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.