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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Indonesia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	208,105	273
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	211,408	274
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	214,475	275
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	217,516	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	220,549	278
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	224,473	279
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	227,534	280
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	230,739	281
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	233,918	282
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	237,056	283
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	240,140	285
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	243,171	286
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	246,150	287
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	249,086	288
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	251,947	289
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	254,702	290
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	257,351	291
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	259,906	291
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	262,379	292
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	264,789	293
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	267,142	294
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	269,437	294
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	271,674	295
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	273,409	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.

Indonesia

1815 – 1880 (Java): Van Zanden (2012). “Economic Growth in Java 1815-1939: The Reconstruction of the Historical National Accounts of a Colonial Economy”, Maddison-Project Working Paper WP-3.
1880-2008: Van der Eng, P. (2010). The Sources of Long-Term Economic Growth in Indonesia, 1880-2008”, Explorations in Economic History, 47: 294-309

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