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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	Russia	Italy	Oman
Dec 31, 1999	273	147,218	56,940	2,348
Dec 31, 2000	274	146,600	56,966	2,403
Dec 31, 2001	275	145,980	57,004	2,457
Dec 31, 2002	276	145,310	57,114	2,510
Dec 31, 2003	278	144,652	57,423	2,562
Dec 31, 2004	279	144,071	57,852	2,613
Dec 31, 2005	280	143,522	58,191	2,663
Dec 31, 2006	281	143,053	58,424	2,713
Dec 31, 2007	282	142,809	58,781	2,764
Dec 31, 2008	283	142,746	59,236	2,816
Dec 31, 2009	285	142,789	59,580	2,871
Dec 31, 2010	286	142,853	59,844	2,928
Dec 31, 2011	287	142,964	60,052	2,986
Dec 31, 2012	288	143,205	60,216	3,047
Dec 31, 2013	289	143,510	60,337	3,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	146,094	60,346	3,174
Dec 31, 2015	291	146,410	60,255	3,240
Dec 31, 2016	291	146,678	60,140	3,307
Dec 31, 2017	292	146,846	60,027	3,375
Dec 31, 2018	293	146,834	59,902	3,444
Dec 31, 2019	294	146,768	59,754	3,512
Dec 31, 2020	294	146,463	59,464	3,582
Dec 31, 2021	295	145,849	59,158	3,651
Dec 31, 2022	295	146,693	58,966	3,696

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

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.

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, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.