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

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