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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	Lebanon	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	3,460	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	3,499	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	3,554	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	3,610	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	3,665	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	3,721	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	3,777	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	3,853	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	3,954	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	4,036	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	4,082	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	4,097	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	4,115	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	4,206	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	4,696	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	5,365	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	5,640	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	5,688	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	5,680	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	5,562	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	5,331	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	4,986	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	4,802	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	4,713	530

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.

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, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.