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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	Indonesia	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	208,105	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	211,408	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	214,475	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	217,516	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	220,549	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	224,473	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	227,534	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	230,739	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	233,918	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	237,056	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	240,140	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	243,171	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	246,150	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	249,086	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	251,947	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	254,702	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	257,351	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	259,906	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	262,379	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	264,789	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	267,142	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	269,437	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	271,674	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	273,409	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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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.