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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Canada	São Tomé & Príncipe	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	30,510	138	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	30,796	141	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	31,132	144	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	31,473	147	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	31,758	151	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	32,055	154	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	32,360	158	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	32,688	161	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	33,007	165	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	33,367	168	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	33,750	172	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	34,127	176	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	34,463	180	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	34,839	183	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	35,209	187	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	35,565	190	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	35,831	194	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	36,239	198	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	36,677	201	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	37,198	204	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	37,736	208	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	38,174	212	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	38,383	216	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	38,685	220	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

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

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 São Tomé & Príncipe; the database as a whole is cited above.