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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Albania	Iceland	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,085	277	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,065	281	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,047	285	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,038	288	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,026	289	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,014	293	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	280	2,998	296	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	281	2,979	304	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	282	2,957	311	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	283	2,934	319	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	285	2,915	319	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	286	2,900	318	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	287	2,892	319	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	2,888	321	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	289	2,882	324	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	290	2,876	327	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	291	2,868	331	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	291	2,863	335	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	2,861	343	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	293	2,854	353	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	294	2,842	361	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	294	2,825	366	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	295	2,799	372	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	2,787	380	58,966

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

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.

Italy

1451-1861: Chilosi, D., & Ciccarelli, C. (2023). Italy in the Great Divergence: What Can We Learn from Engel’s Law (SSRN Scholarly Paper 4514091).
1861-1871 (North Italy): Malanima, P. (2010), “The long decline of a leading economy: GDP in central and northern Italy, 1300–1913” European Review of Economic History 15 (2): 169–219.
1871-1990: Baffigi, A. (2011).”Italian National Accounts, 1861-2011”, Banca d’Italia Economic History Working Papers 18.

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