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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Switzerland	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	7,258	273
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	7,296	274
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	7,332	275
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	7,384	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	7,438	278
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	7,488	279
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	7,532	280
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	7,579	281
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	7,647	282
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	7,738	283
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	7,825	285
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	7,884	286
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	7,959	287
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	8,044	288
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	8,137	289
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	8,237	290
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	8,332	291
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	8,423	291
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	8,502	292
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	8,565	293
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	8,626	294
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	8,689	294
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	8,756	295
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	8,834	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.

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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

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.

Switzerland

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1850-2011: Stohr, Christian (2016), Trading Gains: new estimates of Swiss GDP, 1851-2008. Economic History Working Papers, 245/2016. London School of Economics and Political Science, Economic History Department, London, UK

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.