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Year GDP-UK £ billion Population-UK million Public Net Debt-total percent GDP 1692 0.05885 9.100 5.61 a 1693 0.05906 9.100 9.99 a 1694 0.05927 9.100 10.29 a 1695 0.05949 9.100 14.12 a 1696 0.0597 9.100 17.76 a 1697 0.05992 9.100 27.87 a 1698 0.06014 9.100 28.77 a 1699 0.06036 9.100 25.51 a 1700 0.06058 9.100 23.44 a 1701 0.0608 9.129 23.19 a 1702 0.06102 9.158 23.11 a 1703 0.06124 9.188 22.21 a 1704 0.06146 9.217 21.80 a 1705 0.06168 9.247 21.08 a 1706 0.06191 9.276 21.00 a 1707 0.06213 9.306 23.34 a 1708 0.06236 9.336 24.37 a 1709 0.06258 9.366 30.52 a 1710 0.06281 9.396 34.07 a 1711 0.06304 9.426 35.53 a 1712 0.06326 9.456 55.17 a 1713 0.06349 9.487 54.65 a 1714 0.06372 9.517 56.81 a 1715 0.06396 9.547 58.47 a 1716 0.06419 9.578 59.04 a 1717 0.06442 9.609 61.01 a 1718 0.06465 9.640 61.41 a 1719 0.06489 9.670 64.11 a 1720 0.06512 9.701 82.92 a 1721 0.06536 9.733 84.00 a 1722 0.0656 9.764 80.34 a 1723 0.06584 9.795 81.41 a 1724 0.06607 9.826 81.43 a 1725 0.06631 9.858 79.48 a 1726 0.06655 9.889 79.49 a 1727 0.0668 9.921 79.34 a 1728 0.06704 9.953 78.61 a 1729 0.06728 9.985 77.44 a 1730 0.06752 10.017 76.13 a 1731 0.06777 10.049 76.29 a 1732 0.06802 10.081 73.65 a 1733 0.06826 10.114 73.25 a 1734 0.06851 10.146 71.67 a 1735 0.06876 10.178 71.70 a 1736 0.06901 10.211 72.02 a 1737 0.06926 10.244 70.03 a 1738 0.06951 10.277 68.34 a 1739 0.06976 10.310 67.23 a 1740 0.07001 10.343 67.70 a 1741 0.07027 10.393 69.45 a 1742 0.07052 10.444 72.75 a 1743 0.07078 10.494 75.59 a 1744 0.07104 10.545 80.38 a 1745 0.07129 10.597 84.30 a 1746 0.07155 10.648 90.71 a 1747 0.07181 10.700 96.64 a 1748 0.07207 10.752 105.59 a 1749 0.07233 10.805 107.56 a 1750 0.0726 10.857 107.44 a 1751 0.07286 10.910 107.19 a 1752 0.07312 10.963 105.17 a 1753 0.07339 11.016 102.19 a 1754 0.07365 11.070 98.03 a 1755 0.07392 11.124 98.08 a 1756 0.07419 11.184 100.55 a 1757 0.07446 11.245 104.49 a 1758 0.07473 11.306 109.86 a 1759 0.075 11.368 121.73 a 1760 0.07723 11.430 131.68 a 1761 0.07953 11.492 143.59 a 1762 0.0819 11.555 154.58 a 1763 0.08433 11.617 157.24 a 1764 0.08684 11.681 154.54 a 1765 0.08943 11.744 149.39 a 1766 0.09209 11.808 144.75 a 1767 0.09483 11.872 141.20 a 1768 0.09765 11.937 135.79 a 1769 0.10056 12.002 129.57 a 1770 0.10355 12.067 126.12 a 1771 0.10663 12.133 120.89 a 1772 0.1098 12.199 117.21 a 1773 0.11307 12.265 114.00 a 1774 0.11644 12.332 109.67 a 1775 0.1199 12.399 106.17 a 1776 0.12347 12.467 106.26 a 1777 0.12714 12.534 107.44 a 1778 0.13093 12.603 109.30 a 1779 0.13482 12.671 113.78 a 1780 0.13883 12.740 120.44 a 1781 0.14297 12.809 133.17 a 1782 0.14722 12.916 145.56 a 1783 0.1516 13.023 152.90 a 1784 0.15611 13.131 155.60 a 1785 0.16076 13.240 152.71 a 1786 0.16554 13.349 148.73 a 1787 0.17047 13.460 144.19 a 1788 0.17554 13.572 139.63 a 1789 0.18076 13.684 135.15 a 1790 0.18614 13.798 131.08 a 1791 0.19168 13.912 126.88 a 1792 0.19739 14.134 122.40 a 1793 0.20326 14.360 119.50 a 1794 0.20931 14.589 119.25 a 1795 0.21554 14.822 124.06 a 1796 0.22195 15.059 139.85 a 1797 0.22856 15.299 157.16 a 1798 0.23536 15.544 166.21 a 1799 0.24236 15.792 176.02 a 1800 0.24957 16.044 176.84 a 1801 0.257 16.300 177.47 a 1802 0.26382 16.508 188.99 a 1803 0.27083 16.718 190.67 a 1804 0.27802 16.931 188.40 a 1805 0.2854 17.147 189.07 a 1806 0.29298 17.365 192.64 a 1807 0.30076 17.586 193.88 a 1808 0.30875 17.811 191.51 a 1809 0.31694 18.037 188.99 a 1810 0.32536 18.267 186.69 a 1811 0.334 18.500 182.51 a 1812 0.33278 18.736 188.11 a 1813 0.33156 18.975 196.74 a 1814 0.33035 19.217 219.62 a 1815 0.32915 19.462 226.31 a 1816 0.32795 19.710 237.32 a 1817 0.32675 19.962 231.09 a 1818 0.32555 20.217 259.04 a 1819 0.32437 20.474 260.29 a 1820 0.32318 20.736 259.95 a 1821 0.322 21.000 260.34 a 1822 0.33684 21.291 246.73 a 1823 0.35236 21.586 237.29 a 1824 0.3686 21.886 224.80 a 1825 0.38558 22.189 212.72 a 1826 0.40335 22.497 201.07 a 1827 0.42194 22.809 191.97 a 1828 0.44138 23.125 182.70 a 1829 0.46172 23.445 173.55 a 1830 0.483 23.770 165.26 a 1831 0.48 24.100 163.79 a 1832 0.459 24.366 170.85 a 1833 0.453 24.636 172.85 a 1834 0.481 24.908 162.43 a 1835 0.508 25.183 152.54 a 1836 0.542 25.462 145.83 a 1837 0.521 25.743 151.80 a 1838 0.553 26.028 142.66 a 1839 0.582 26.315 135.55 a 1840 0.546 26.606 144.45 a 1841 0.52 26.900 151.96 a 1842 0.5 26.959 158.78 a 1843 0.498 27.019 159.34 a 1844 0.543 27.079 146.32 a 1845 0.575 27.138 137.37 a 1846 0.614 27.198 128.21 a 1847 0.638 27.258 123.07 a 1848 0.614 27.319 129.10 a 1849 0.625 27.379 127.09 a 1850 0.572 27.439 138.72 a 1851 0.601 27.500 131.40 a 1852 0.607 27.656 129.44 a 1853 0.678 27.813 115.38 a 1854 0.718 27.971 107.86 a 1855 0.739 28.129 105.51 a 1856 0.769 28.289 104.88 a 1857 0.779 28.449 104.24 a 1858 0.752 28.611 107.57 a 1859 0.794 28.773 101.86 a 1860 0.812 28.936 99.26 a 1861 0.847 29.100 95.12 a 1862 0.86 29.341 93.57 a 1863 0.896 29.584 89.72 a 1864 0.945 29.829 84.11 a 1865 0.975 30.075 81.12 a 1866 1.02 30.324 76.68 a 1867 1.002 30.575 77.65 a 1868 1.001 30.828 74.91 a 1869 1.006 31.083 74.65 a 1870 1.064 31.341 70.33 a 1871 1.15 31.600 64.18 a 1872 1.22 31.925 60.40 a 1873 1.28 32.253 57.20 a 1874 1.272 32.584 57.23 a 1875 1.245 32.919 57.83 a 1876 1.229 33.257 59.00 a 1877 1.216 33.598 59.75 a 1878 1.184 33.943 61.77 a 1879 1.142 34.292 64.39 a 1880 1.218 34.644 60.57 a 1881 1.243 35.000 58.83 a 1882 1.283 35.280 56.70 a 1883 1.285 35.562 56.57 a 1884 1.244 35.846 52.63 a 1885 1.217 36.132 53.76 a 1886 1.226 36.421 53.55 a 1887 1.278 36.712 51.27 a 1888 1.333 37.006 47.04 a 1889 1.408 37.301 44.26 a 1890 1.442 37.600 42.87 a 1891 1.444 37.900 42.63 a 1892 1.405 38.255 43.65 a 1893 1.406 38.613 43.41 a 1894 1.484 38.974 41.04 a 1895 1.521 39.339 39.67 a 1896 1.57 39.707 38.16 a 1897 1.616 40.079 36.25 a 1898 1.705 40.454 34.83 a 1899 1.809 40.832 32.69 a 1900 1.885 41.214 30.17 a 1901 1.893 41.600 33.24 a 1902 1.906 41.965 35.92 a 1903 1.881 42.334 38.02 a 1904 1.881 42.705 37.81 a 1905 1.949 43.080 36.29 a 1906 2.033 43.459 34.42 a 1907 2.113 43.840 32.35 a 1908 2.011 44.225 33.30 a 1909 2.052 44.613 32.39 a 1910 2.14 45.005 31.65 a 1911 2.227 45.400 29.22 a 1912 2.327 45.133 27.30 a 1913 2.42 44.868 25.83 a 1914 2.451 44.604 25.30 a 1915 2.943 44.342 36.59 a 1916 3.434 44.081 61.36 a 1917 4.276 43.822 93.25 a 1918 5.108 43.564 114.52 a 1919 5.484 43.308 135.20 a 1920 5.975 43.053 130.70 a 1921 4.907 44.072 154.00 a 1922 4.458 44.268 171.33 a 1923 4.254 44.465 181.68 a 1924 4.366 44.663 174.70 a 1925 4.508 44.862 168.25 a 1926 4.349 45.062 173.51 a 1927 4.599 45.263 164.00 a 1928 4.599 45.464 163.41 a 1929 4.692 45.667 159.59 a 1930 4.615 45.870 161.58 a 1931 4.316 46.074 171.49 a 1932 4.223 46.284 175.76 a 1933 4.298 46.495 177.57 a 1934 4.517 46.706 172.91 a 1935 4.72 46.919 165.01 a 1936 4.987 47.133 156.08 a 1937 5.334 47.348 145.95 a 1938 5.502 47.563 145.65 a 1939 5.918 47.780 137.71 a 1940 7.183 47.997 109.97 a 1941 8.654 48.216 119.79 a 1942 9.482 48.420 137.54 a 1943 10.093 48.624 156.77 a 1944 10.18 48.829 182.34 a 1945 9.908 49.035 215.64 a 1946 9.968 49.242 237.12 a 1947 10.772 49.450 237.94 a 1948 11.974 49.659 213.97 a 1949 12.726 49.868 197.77 a 1950 13.308 50.079 193.89 a 1951 14.784 50.290 175.34 a 1952 15.983 50.536 161.99 a 1953 17.121 50.784 152.16 a 1954 18.126 51.032 146.66 a 1955 19.49 51.282 138.19 a 1956 20.956 51.533 129.03 a 1957 22.105 51.785 122.18 a 1958 23.05 52.039 118.14 a 1959 24.348 52.294 112.44 a 1960 25.977 52.550 106.76 a 1961 27.413 52.807 103.06 a 1962 28.711 53.111 99.87 a 1963 30.409 53.417 98.15 a 1964 33.228 53.725 90.97 a 1965 35.888 54.034 84.82 a 1966 38.189 54.345 82.07 a 1967 40.281 54.658 79.41 a 1968 43.656 54.973 78.33 a 1969 47.023 55.289 72.27 a 1970 51.696 55.608 63.99 a 1971 57.67 55.928 57.99 a 1972 64.621 55.970 55.46 a 1973 74.545 56.013 49.48 a 1974 84.513 56.055 47.87 a 1975 106.717 56.097 43.48 a 1976 126.274 56.140 44.81 a 1977 146.973 56.182 45.70 a 1978 169.344 56.225 46.76 a 1979 199.22 56.267 43.61 a 1980 233.184 56.310 42.11 a 1981 256.279 56.358 44.40 a 1982 281.024 56.465 44.55 a 1983 307.207 56.572 43.13 a 1984 329.913 56.680 43.59 a 1985 361.758 56.788 43.45 a 1986 389.149 56.896 41.81 a 1987 428.665 57.004 39.14 a 1988 478.51 57.112 34.98 a 1989 525.274 57.221 29.30 a 1990 570.283 57.330 26.69 a 1991 598.664 57.439 25.27 a 1992 622.08 57.604 26.70 a 1993 654.196 57.770 30.97 a 1994 692.987 57.936 36.05 a 1995 733.266 58.103 39.55 a 1996 781.726 58.270 41.20 a 1997 830.013 58.438 41.93 a 1998 879.152 58.606 40.14 a 1999 928.871 58.775 37.85 a 2000 976.282 58.944 35.38 a 2001 1021.62 59.114 30.58 a 2002 1075.37 59.455 29.34 a 2003 1139.44 59.799 30.46 a 2004 1202.37 60.145 31.84 a 2005 1254.29 60.493 33.80 a 2006 1328.6 60.843 34.85 a 2007 1405.8 61.194 35.57 a 2008 1433.87 61.548 36.61 a 2009 1393.85 61.904 44.26 a 2010 1458.45 62.262 52.08 a 2011 1509.6 62.649 59.97 a Legend: a - actual outturn

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GDP: Measuring Worth - UK GDP
Spending: B.R. Mitchell, British Historical Statistics

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