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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Denmark	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	277	5,322	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	281	5,339	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	285	5,358	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	288	5,377	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	289	5,391	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	293	5,404	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	296	5,420	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	304	5,438	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	311	5,461	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	319	5,494	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	319	5,524	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	318	5,548	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	319	5,571	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	5,592	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	324	5,614	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	327	5,644	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	331	5,683	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	335	5,730	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	343	5,766	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	353	5,795	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	361	5,818	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	366	5,831	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	372	5,855	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	5,907	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.

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 Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.