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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	Comoros
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	531
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	545
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	559
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	574
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	590
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	606
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	623
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	640
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	657
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	674
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	690
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	706
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	722
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	737
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	752
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	767
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	781
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	795
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	808
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	821
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	837
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	853
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	869
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	885

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 Comoros; the database as a whole is cited above.