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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	Ecuador	Luxembourg
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	12,268	433
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	12,446	438
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	12,629	443
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	12,827	448
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	13,074	454
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	13,368	460
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	13,661	467
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	13,915	474
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	14,133	482
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	14,352	491
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	14,569	500
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	14,786	509
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	15,002	521
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	15,218	533
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	15,433	547
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	15,647	560
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	15,860	571
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	16,072	586
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	16,282	599
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	16,489	610
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	16,693	623
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	16,894	633
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	17,093	643
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	17,288	651

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.

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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