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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Burkina Faso	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	11,075	422
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	11,405	430
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	11,828	438
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	12,380	447
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	12,829	455
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	13,178	463
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	13,540	471
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	13,917	478
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	14,309	486
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	14,722	494
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	15,152	501
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	15,600	509
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	16,064	516
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	16,563	524
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	17,072	531
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	17,575	539
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	18,094	546
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	18,621	553
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	19,157	562
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	19,698	568
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	20,242	574
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	20,788	580
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	21,336	585
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	21,889	590

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 Burkina Faso, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.