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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	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	273	58,946	627
Dec 31, 2000	274	59,149	659
Dec 31, 2001	275	59,377	691
Dec 31, 2002	276	59,631	724
Dec 31, 2003	278	59,903	757
Dec 31, 2004	279	60,217	850
Dec 31, 2005	280	60,682	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	281	61,098	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	282	61,593	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	283	62,100	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	285	62,539	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	286	63,040	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	287	63,567	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	288	63,989	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	289	64,392	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	290	64,885	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	291	65,400	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	291	65,941	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	292	66,335	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	293	66,732	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,095	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	294	67,380	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	295	67,651	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,093	2,559

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