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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	Iceland	Sierra Leone
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	277	3,736
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	281	3,809
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	285	4,043
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	288	4,287
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	289	4,466
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	293	4,602
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	296	4,708
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	304	4,818
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	311	4,918
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	319	5,023
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	319	5,132
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	318	5,246
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	319	5,364
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	321	5,486
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	324	5,613
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	327	5,744
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	331	5,879
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	335	6,019
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	343	6,163
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	353	6,312
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	361	6,461
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	366	6,611
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	372	6,761
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	380	6,910

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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