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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Canada	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	277	30,510	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	281	30,796	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	285	31,132	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	288	31,473	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	289	31,758	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	293	32,055	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	296	32,360	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	304	32,688	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	311	33,007	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	319	33,367	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	319	33,750	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	318	34,127	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	319	34,463	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	34,839	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	324	35,209	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	327	35,565	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	331	35,831	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	335	36,239	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	343	36,677	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	353	37,198	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	361	37,736	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	366	38,174	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,383	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	38,685	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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Canada

1820-1850: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1851-70: O.J. Firestone, "Canada's Changing Economy in the Second Half of the 19th Century", NBER, New York, 1957, processed, amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870)
1870-1926: M.C. Urquart and Associates, ed., Gross National Product, Canada 1870-1926: The Derivation of the Estimates, McGill Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1993, pp. 11-12 and 24-5,
1926-1950: Statistics Canada, National Income and Expenditure Accounts, vol. 1, The Annual Estimates 1926-1974, Ottawa, 1975, p. 323. 1960 onwards from OECD, National Accounts.

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.