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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Italy	Russia
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	147,218
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	146,600
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	145,980
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	145,310
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	144,652
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	144,071
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	143,522
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	143,053
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	142,809
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	142,746
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	142,789
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	142,853
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	142,964
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	143,205
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	143,510
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	146,094
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	146,410
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	146,678
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	146,846
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	146,834
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	146,768
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	146,463
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	145,849
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	146,693

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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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