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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Italy	Libya
Dec 31, 1999	70	56,940	4,993
Dec 31, 2000	71	56,966	5,116
Dec 31, 2001	71	57,004	5,237
Dec 31, 2002	72	57,114	5,357
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,423	5,476
Dec 31, 2004	72	57,852	5,595
Dec 31, 2005	72	58,191	5,715
Dec 31, 2006	72	58,424	5,835
Dec 31, 2007	72	58,781	5,967
Dec 31, 2008	73	59,236	6,115
Dec 31, 2009	73	59,580	6,270
Dec 31, 2010	73	59,844	6,432
Dec 31, 2011	73	60,052	6,144
Dec 31, 2012	73	60,216	5,849
Dec 31, 2013	73	60,337	6,010
Dec 31, 2014	73	60,346	6,163
Dec 31, 2015	74	60,255	6,291
Dec 31, 2016	74	60,140	6,415
Dec 31, 2017	74	60,027	6,549
Dec 31, 2018	74	59,902	6,689
Dec 31, 2019	75	59,754	6,826
Dec 31, 2020	75	59,464	6,960
Dec 31, 2021	76	59,158	7,088
Dec 31, 2022	76	58,966	7,169

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