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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Austria	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	8,039	387
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	8,059	390
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	8,090	393
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	8,130	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	8,166	398
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	8,217	401
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	8,274	404
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	8,317	405
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	8,344	406
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	8,370	409
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	8,390	412
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	8,410	414
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	8,438	416
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	8,476	420
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	8,527	426
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	8,594	435
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	8,680	445
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	8,791	455
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	8,847	468
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	8,890	485
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	8,930	504
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	8,969	516
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	9,004	518
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	9,107	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.

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;

No separate list is published for Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.