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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Burkina Faso	Lesotho
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	11,075	1,908
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	11,405	1,916
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	11,828	1,922
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	12,380	1,926
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	12,829	1,926
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	13,178	1,925
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	13,540	1,922
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	13,917	1,919
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	14,309	1,917
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	14,722	1,915
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	15,152	1,916
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	15,600	1,920
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	16,064	1,925
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	16,563	1,930
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	17,072	1,936
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	17,575	1,942
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	18,094	1,948
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	18,621	1,953
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	19,157	1,958
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	19,698	1,962
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	20,242	1,987
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	20,788	2,013
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	21,336	2,037
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	21,889	2,059

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, Lesotho; the database as a whole is cited above.