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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	Italy	Barbados	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	56,940	273	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	56,966	274	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	57,004	275	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	57,114	276	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,423	278	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	57,852	279	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	58,191	280	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	58,424	281	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	58,781	282	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	59,236	283	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	59,580	285	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	59,844	286	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	60,052	287	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	60,216	288	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	60,337	289	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	60,346	290	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	60,255	291	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	60,140	291	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	60,027	292	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	59,902	293	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,754	294	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	59,464	294	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	59,158	295	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	58,966	295	530

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