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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	Ghana	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	19,327	273
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	19,792	274
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	20,280	275
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	20,806	276
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	21,350	278
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	21,900	279
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	22,469	280
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	23,058	281
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	23,661	282
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	24,270	283
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	24,899	285
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	25,559	286
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	26,244	287
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	26,945	288
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	27,664	289
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	28,405	290
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	29,146	291
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	29,879	291
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	30,617	292
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	31,362	293
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	32,111	294
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	32,864	294
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	33,622	295
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	34,280	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

Ghana

1885-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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