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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.