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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	Thailand	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	273	59,748	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	274	60,165	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	275	60,746	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	276	61,323	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	278	61,884	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	279	62,425	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	280	62,956	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	281	63,467	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	282	63,937	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	283	64,381	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	285	64,804	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	286	65,208	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	287	65,599	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	65,970	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	289	66,332	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	290	66,673	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	291	66,975	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	291	67,250	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	292	67,506	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	293	67,750	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	294	67,975	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	294	68,180	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	295	68,366	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	295	68,457	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

Thailand

1820-1900: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1900-50: Sompop Manarungsan, "Economic Development of Thailand, 1850-1950", University of Groningen, Ph. D. thesis, 1989

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.