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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	Guinea	United Kingdom
Dec 31, 1999	273	7,610	58,946
Dec 31, 2000	274	7,780	59,149
Dec 31, 2001	275	7,821	59,377
Dec 31, 2002	276	7,906	59,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	8,121	59,903
Dec 31, 2004	279	8,317	60,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	8,478	60,682
Dec 31, 2006	281	8,650	61,098
Dec 31, 2007	282	8,860	61,593
Dec 31, 2008	283	9,091	62,100
Dec 31, 2009	285	9,327	62,539
Dec 31, 2010	286	9,571	63,040
Dec 31, 2011	287	9,825	63,567
Dec 31, 2012	288	10,084	63,989
Dec 31, 2013	289	10,351	64,392
Dec 31, 2014	290	10,632	64,885
Dec 31, 2015	291	10,924	65,400
Dec 31, 2016	291	11,225	65,941
Dec 31, 2017	292	11,534	66,335
Dec 31, 2018	293	11,855	66,732
Dec 31, 2019	294	12,160	67,095
Dec 31, 2020	294	12,469	67,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	12,778	67,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	13,087	68,093

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