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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Austria
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	8,039
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	8,059
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	8,090
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	8,130
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	8,166
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	8,217
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	8,274
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	8,317
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	8,344
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	8,370
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	8,390
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	8,410
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	8,476
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	8,527
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	8,594
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	8,680
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	8,791
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	8,847
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	8,890
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	8,930
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	8,969
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	9,004
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	9,107

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.

Austria

1830-1913: Kausel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen 1830 bis 1913" in Geschichte und Ergebnisse der zentralen amtlichen Statistik in Österreich 1829-1979, Beitrage zur österreichischen Statistik, Heft 550, Vienna, 1979, pp. 692-3.
1913-50: A. Kausel, N. Nemeth, and H. Seidel, "Oster-reichs Volkseinkommen, 1913-63", Monatsberichte des Osterreichischen Institutes für Wirtschaftsforschung, 14th Sonderheft, Vienna, August 1965, p. 38 and 42;