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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Peru	Italy	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	20,963	56,940	273
Dec 31, 2000	21,291	56,966	274
Dec 31, 2001	21,631	57,004	275
Dec 31, 2002	21,980	57,114	276
Dec 31, 2003	22,339	57,423	278
Dec 31, 2004	22,707	57,852	279
Dec 31, 2005	23,055	58,191	280
Dec 31, 2006	23,380	58,424	281
Dec 31, 2007	23,708	58,781	282
Dec 31, 2008	23,944	59,236	283
Dec 31, 2009	24,087	59,580	285
Dec 31, 2010	24,228	59,844	286
Dec 31, 2011	24,364	60,052	287
Dec 31, 2012	24,491	60,216	288
Dec 31, 2013	24,607	60,337	289
Dec 31, 2014	24,714	60,346	290
Dec 31, 2015	24,812	60,255	291
Dec 31, 2016	24,904	60,140	291
Dec 31, 2017	24,999	60,027	292
Dec 31, 2018	25,403	59,902	293
Dec 31, 2019	25,966	59,754	294
Dec 31, 2020	26,308	59,464	294
Dec 31, 2021	26,508	59,158	295
Dec 31, 2022	26,771	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.

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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

Peru

1600–1812: Arroyo Abad, L. and J.L. van Zanden (2016), “Growth under Extractive Institutions? Latin American Per Capita GDP in Colonial Times” Journal of Economic History 76(4): 1182–1215.
1812–1870: Seminario, B. (2015). El Desarrallo de la Economía Peruana en la Era Moderna, Universidad de Pacifico, Lima
1870-1901: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P, Table A2
1900-1913: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1913-1941: C.A. Bolona Behr, "Tariff Policies in Peru, 1880-1980", Ph.D. thesis, Oxford University, 1981;
1942-1950: "Cuadros del producto interno bruto en dollares de 1950", CEPAL, Santiago, October 1962, mimeographed;
1945-1950: Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, CEPAL, Santiago, 1978.

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.