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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	Italy	Albania	Iceland
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	3,085	277
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	3,065	281
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	3,047	285
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	3,038	288
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	3,026	289
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	3,014	293
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	2,998	296
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	2,979	304
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	2,957	311
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	2,934	319
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	2,915	319
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	2,900	318
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	2,892	319
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	2,888	321
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	2,882	324
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	2,876	327
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	2,868	331
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	2,863	335
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	2,861	343
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	2,854	353
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	2,842	361
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	2,825	366
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	2,799	372
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	2,787	380

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

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.

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.

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