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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Iraq	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,076	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,748	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	285	23,440	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	288	24,212	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	289	24,979	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	293	25,726	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	296	26,531	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	304	26,706	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	311	26,429	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	319	26,969	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	319	28,024	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	318	28,956	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	319	29,974	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	31,321	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	324	32,779	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	327	33,857	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	331	34,674	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	335	35,437	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	343	36,200	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	353	37,015	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	361	37,846	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	366	38,673	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	372	39,491	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	40,364	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.

Iraq

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
700 – 1500: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011.
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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.