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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ecuador	Italy	Qatar
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	56,940	627
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	56,966	659
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	57,004	691
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	57,114	724
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	57,423	757
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	57,852	850
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	58,191	1,001
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	58,424	1,153
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	58,781	1,306
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	59,236	1,460
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	59,580	1,615
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	59,844	1,770
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	60,052	1,904
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	60,216	2,010
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	60,337	2,103
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	60,346	2,187
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	60,255	2,261
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	60,140	2,326
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	60,027	2,384
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	59,902	2,435
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	59,754	2,480
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	59,464	2,519
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	59,158	2,553
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	58,966	2,559

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

Ecuador

1833-1938: 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). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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 Qatar; the database as a whole is cited above.