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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	Syria
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	15,930
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	16,329
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	16,730
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	17,132
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	17,534
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	17,942
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	18,423
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	19,252
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	20,493
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	21,221
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	21,542
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	22,050
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	22,458
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	22,258
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	20,901
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	19,318
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	18,272
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	17,669
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	17,327
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	17,601
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	18,440
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	19,241
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	20,226
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	20,985

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.

Syria

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; the database as a whole is cited above.