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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Italy	Colombia
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	38,365
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	38,911
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	39,411
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	39,918
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	40,416
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	40,899
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	41,374
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	41,862
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	42,324
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	42,781
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	43,264
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	43,771
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	44,225
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	44,660
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	45,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	45,846
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	46,290
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	46,796
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	47,385
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	48,222
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	49,326
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	50,283
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	50,978
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	51,332

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.

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

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