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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Italy	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	5,458

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.

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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