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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	Iceland	Afghanistan	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	22,206	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	22,461	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	22,507	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	23,600	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	25,005	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	25,698	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	26,335	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	27,154	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	27,387	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	27,706	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	28,484	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	29,121	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	29,758	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	30,420	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	31,108	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	31,823	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	32,564	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	33,332	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	34,125	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	34,941	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	35,972	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	37,034	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	38,127	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	39,252	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, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.