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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Italy	Jamaica
Dec 31, 1999	277	56,940	2,643
Dec 31, 2000	281	56,966	2,670
Dec 31, 2001	285	57,004	2,694
Dec 31, 2002	288	57,114	2,707
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,423	2,709
Dec 31, 2004	293	57,852	2,711
Dec 31, 2005	296	58,191	2,711
Dec 31, 2006	304	58,424	2,710
Dec 31, 2007	311	58,781	2,708
Dec 31, 2008	319	59,236	2,705
Dec 31, 2009	319	59,580	2,702
Dec 31, 2010	318	59,844	2,697
Dec 31, 2011	319	60,052	2,692
Dec 31, 2012	321	60,216	2,686
Dec 31, 2013	324	60,337	2,682
Dec 31, 2014	327	60,346	2,678
Dec 31, 2015	331	60,255	2,675
Dec 31, 2016	335	60,140	2,674
Dec 31, 2017	343	60,027	2,673
Dec 31, 2018	353	59,902	2,673
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,754	2,674
Dec 31, 2020	366	59,464	2,675
Dec 31, 2021	372	59,158	2,676
Dec 31, 2022	380	58,966	2,676

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.

Jamaica

1850 - 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)