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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	Romania	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	22,414	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	22,262	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	22,106	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	21,931	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	21,828	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	21,704	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	21,571	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	21,443	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	21,129	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	20,779	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	20,607	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	20,485	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	20,385	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	20,296	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	20,224	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	20,151	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	20,055	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	19,938	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	19,823	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	19,713	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	19,622	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	19,496	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	19,351	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	19,266	63,382

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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