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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	Germany	Mauritania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	81,439	2,437	273
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	81,474	2,501	274
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	81,534	2,566	275
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	81,595	2,632	276
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	81,566	2,699	278
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	81,473	2,768	279
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	81,354	2,838	280
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	81,190	2,909	281
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	81,009	2,981	282
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	80,781	3,055	283
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	80,500	3,129	285
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	80,301	3,205	286
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	80,292	3,282	287
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	80,443	3,359	288
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	80,663	3,438	289
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	81,000	3,517	290
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	81,704	3,597	291
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	82,366	3,677	291
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	82,674	3,759	292
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	82,923	3,840	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	83,110	3,942	294
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	83,178	4,045	294
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	83,213	4,150	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	83,811	4,259	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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