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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Italy	United States
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	279,040
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	282,162
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	284,969
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	287,625
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	290,108
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	292,805
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	295,517
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	298,380
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	301,231
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	304,094
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	306,772
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	309,327
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	311,583
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	313,878
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	316,060
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	318,386
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	320,739
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	323,072
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	325,122
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	326,838
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	328,330
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	331,512
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	332,032
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	333,288

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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