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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Italy	Uganda
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	23,408
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	24,195
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	24,992
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	25,846
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	26,661
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	27,414
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	28,200
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	29,021
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	29,846
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	30,647
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	31,469
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	32,343
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	33,257
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	34,234
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	35,271
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	36,419
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	37,673
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	39,157
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	40,879
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	42,329
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	43,639
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	45,120
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	46,645
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	48,065

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.

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

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