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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	Belgium	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	10,227	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	10,252	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	10,288	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	10,334	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	10,377	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	10,422	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	10,480	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	10,549	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	10,627	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	10,711	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	10,797	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	10,897	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	11,039	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	11,108	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	11,160	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	11,210	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	11,275	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	11,332	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	11,376	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	11,429	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	11,491	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	11,546	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	11,594	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	11,695	167

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.

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

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