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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	Colombia	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	273	38,365	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	274	38,911	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	39,411	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	276	39,918	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	278	40,416	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	279	40,899	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	280	41,374	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	281	41,862	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	282	42,324	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	283	42,781	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	285	43,264	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	286	43,771	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	287	44,225	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	44,660	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	289	45,081	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	290	45,846	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,290	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,796	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	47,385	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	293	48,222	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	294	49,326	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	294	50,283	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	295	50,978	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,332	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.

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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

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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; the database as a whole is cited above.