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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	Italy	Morocco
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	56,940	28,400
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	56,966	28,744
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	57,004	29,094
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	57,114	29,447
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	57,423	29,806
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	57,852	30,169
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	58,191	30,552
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	58,424	30,953
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	58,781	31,354
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	59,236	31,754
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	59,580	32,154
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	59,844	32,553
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	60,052	32,951
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	60,216	33,346
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	60,337	33,737
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	60,346	34,124
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	60,255	34,511
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	60,140	34,898
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	60,027	35,279
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	59,902	35,653
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	59,754	36,018
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	59,464	36,375
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	59,158	36,723
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	58,966	37,101

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, Morocco; the database as a whole is cited above.