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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Lebanon
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	3,811	3,460
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	3,901	3,499
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	3,919	3,554
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	3,923	3,610
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	3,940	3,665
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	3,975	3,721
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	3,991	3,777
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	3,993	3,853
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	3,990	3,954
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	3,987	4,036
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	3,985	4,082
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	3,983	4,097
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	3,980	4,115
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	3,977	4,206
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	3,973	4,696
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	3,968	5,365
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	3,963	5,640
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	3,957	5,688
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	3,951	5,680
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	3,944	5,562
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	3,937	5,331
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	3,929	4,986
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	3,921	4,802
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	3,876	4,713

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

Lebanon

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