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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	Seychelles	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	78	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	79	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	80	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	81	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	82	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	83	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	84	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	85	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	86	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	87	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	87	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	88	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	89	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	90	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	91	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	92	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	92	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	93	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	94	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	95	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	96	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	97	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	98	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	98	46,498

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 Seychelles, Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.