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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Italy	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	5,216

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.

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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