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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Italy	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	4,713

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.

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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.

Lebanon

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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