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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	United Kingdom	Albania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	3,085	273
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	3,065	274
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	3,047	275
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	3,038	276
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	3,026	278
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	3,014	279
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	2,998	280
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	2,979	281
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	2,957	282
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	2,934	283
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	2,915	285
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	2,900	286
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	2,892	287
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	2,888	288
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	2,882	289
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	2,876	290
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	2,868	291
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	2,863	291
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	2,861	292
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	2,854	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	2,842	294
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	2,825	294
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	2,799	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	2,787	295

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.

All data sources

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 Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.