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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Malta	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	3,811	387	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	3,901	390	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	3,919	393	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	3,923	396	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	3,940	398	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	3,975	401	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	3,991	404	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	3,993	405	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	3,990	406	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	3,987	409	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	3,985	412	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	3,983	414	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	3,980	416	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	3,977	420	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	3,973	426	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	3,968	435	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	3,963	445	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	3,957	455	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	3,951	468	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	3,944	485	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	3,937	504	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	3,929	516	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	3,921	518	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	3,876	530	58,966

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.