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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	Cambodia	United Kingdom
Dec 31, 1999	273	12,122	58,946
Dec 31, 2000	274	12,317	59,149
Dec 31, 2001	275	12,504	59,377
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,691	59,631
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,881	59,903
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,076	60,217
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,276	60,682
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,461	61,098
Dec 31, 2007	282	13,630	61,593
Dec 31, 2008	283	13,808	62,100
Dec 31, 2009	285	13,990	62,539
Dec 31, 2010	286	14,162	63,040
Dec 31, 2011	287	14,322	63,567
Dec 31, 2012	288	14,480	63,989
Dec 31, 2013	289	14,637	64,392
Dec 31, 2014	290	14,793	64,885
Dec 31, 2015	291	14,994	65,400
Dec 31, 2016	291	15,238	65,941
Dec 31, 2017	292	15,480	66,335
Dec 31, 2018	293	15,717	66,732
Dec 31, 2019	294	15,944	67,095
Dec 31, 2020	294	16,149	67,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	16,338	67,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	16,514	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, Cambodia; the database as a whole is cited above.