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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Latvia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	2,386	273
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	2,363	274
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	2,333	275
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	2,306	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	2,284	278
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	2,259	279
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	2,235	280
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	2,215	281
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	2,197	282
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	2,174	283
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	2,138	285
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	2,093	286
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	2,055	287
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	2,030	288
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	2,009	289
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	1,991	290
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	1,974	291
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	1,956	291
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	1,938	292
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	1,923	293
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	1,910	294
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	1,897	294
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	1,880	295
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	1,883	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

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