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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	Germany	Greece	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	273	81,439	10,618	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	274	81,474	10,662	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	81,534	10,718	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	276	81,595	10,757	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	278	81,566	10,783	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	279	81,473	10,809	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	280	81,354	10,841	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	281	81,190	10,874	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	282	81,009	10,901	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	283	80,781	10,930	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	285	80,500	10,959	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	286	80,301	10,973	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	287	80,292	10,957	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	80,443	10,898	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	289	80,663	10,819	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	290	81,000	10,747	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	291	81,704	10,677	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	291	82,366	10,633	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	82,674	10,612	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	293	82,923	10,590	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	294	83,110	10,579	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	294	83,178	10,556	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	295	83,213	10,499	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	83,811	10,437	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

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.