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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	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	273	58,946	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	274	59,149	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	59,377	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	276	59,631	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	278	59,903	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	279	60,217	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	280	60,682	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	281	61,098	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	282	61,593	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	283	62,100	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	285	62,539	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	286	63,040	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	287	63,567	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	288	63,989	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	289	64,392	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	64,885	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	291	65,400	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	291	65,941	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	292	66,335	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	293	66,732	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,095	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,380	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	295	67,651	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,093	3,696

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