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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Angola	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	11,334	387
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	11,676	390
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	12,030	393
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	12,443	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	12,936	398
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	13,480	401
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	14,012	404
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	14,535	405
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	15,084	406
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	15,658	409
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	16,260	412
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	16,885	414
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	17,525	416
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	18,202	420
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	18,908	426
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	19,624	435
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	20,354	445
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	21,098	455
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	21,859	468
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	22,638	485
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	23,437	504
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	24,253	516
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	25,089	518
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	25,878	530

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

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 Angola, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.