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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	South Korea	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	58,966

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

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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.

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