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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Saudi Arabia	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	19,964	273
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	20,426	274
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	20,956	275
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	21,549	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	22,189	278
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	22,850	279
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	23,516	280
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	24,178	281
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	24,841	282
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	25,518	283
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	26,227	285
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	27,068	286
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	27,810	287
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	28,516	288
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	29,220	289
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	29,936	290
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	30,646	291
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	31,360	291
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	32,184	292
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	32,869	293
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	33,661	294
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	34,542	294
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	33,651	295
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	34,081	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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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