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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Brazil	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	70	174,320	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	71	176,902	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	71	179,389	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	72	181,721	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	72	183,970	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	72	186,165	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	72	188,330	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	72	190,438	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	72	192,450	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	73	194,458	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	73	196,464	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	73	198,408	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	73	200,152	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	73	201,894	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	73	203,614	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	73	205,358	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	74	207,148	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	74	208,859	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	74	210,537	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	74	212,258	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	75	213,940	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	75	215,577	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	76	216,720	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	76	217,718	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

Brazil

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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 Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.