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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Italy	Senegal
Dec 31, 1999	70	56,940	10,070
Dec 31, 2000	71	56,966	10,305
Dec 31, 2001	71	57,004	10,576
Dec 31, 2002	72	57,114	10,864
Dec 31, 2003	72	57,423	11,172
Dec 31, 2004	72	57,852	11,498
Dec 31, 2005	72	58,191	11,839
Dec 31, 2006	72	58,424	12,204
Dec 31, 2007	72	58,781	12,584
Dec 31, 2008	73	59,236	12,978
Dec 31, 2009	73	59,580	13,382
Dec 31, 2010	73	59,844	13,794
Dec 31, 2011	73	60,052	14,226
Dec 31, 2012	73	60,216	14,668
Dec 31, 2013	73	60,337	15,121
Dec 31, 2014	73	60,346	15,589
Dec 31, 2015	74	60,255	16,066
Dec 31, 2016	74	60,140	16,549
Dec 31, 2017	74	60,027	17,044
Dec 31, 2018	74	59,902	17,535
Dec 31, 2019	75	59,754	18,021
Dec 31, 2020	75	59,464	18,518
Dec 31, 2021	76	59,158	19,016
Dec 31, 2022	76	58,966	19,512

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