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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Italy	Benin
Dec 31, 1999	70	56,940	6,461
Dec 31, 2000	71	56,966	6,677
Dec 31, 2001	71	57,004	6,902
Dec 31, 2002	72	57,114	7,130
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,423	7,360
Dec 31, 2004	72	57,852	7,589
Dec 31, 2005	72	58,191	7,838
Dec 31, 2006	72	58,424	8,089
Dec 31, 2007	72	58,781	8,335
Dec 31, 2008	73	59,236	8,603
Dec 31, 2009	73	59,580	8,884
Dec 31, 2010	73	59,844	9,179
Dec 31, 2011	73	60,052	9,486
Dec 31, 2012	73	60,216	9,805
Dec 31, 2013	73	60,337	10,135
Dec 31, 2014	73	60,346	10,480
Dec 31, 2015	74	60,255	10,842
Dec 31, 2016	74	60,140	11,220
Dec 31, 2017	74	60,027	11,613
Dec 31, 2018	74	59,902	12,018
Dec 31, 2019	75	59,754	12,370
Dec 31, 2020	75	59,464	12,725
Dec 31, 2021	76	59,158	13,081
Dec 31, 2022	76	58,966	13,439

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

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, Benin; the database as a whole is cited above.