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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	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	56,940	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	56,966	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	57,004	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	57,114	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	57,423	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	57,852	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	58,191	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	58,424	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	58,781	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	59,236	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	59,580	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	59,844	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	60,052	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	60,216	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	60,337	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	60,346	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	60,255	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	60,140	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	60,027	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	59,902	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	59,754	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	59,464	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	59,158	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	58,966	63,382

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.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.