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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	Iceland	Barbados	Qatar	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	627	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	659	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	691	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	724	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	757	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	850	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	1,001	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	1,153	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	1,306	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	1,460	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	1,615	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	1,770	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	1,904	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	2,010	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	2,103	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	2,187	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	2,261	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	2,326	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	2,384	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	2,435	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	2,480	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	2,519	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	2,553	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	2,559	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.

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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