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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	58,946	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	59,149	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	59,377	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	59,631	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	59,903	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	60,217	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	60,682	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	61,098	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	61,593	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	62,100	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	62,539	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	63,040	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	63,567	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	63,989	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	64,392	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	64,885	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	65,400	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	65,941	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	66,335	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	66,732	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,095	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,380	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	67,651	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,093	10,200

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

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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