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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Germany	Gambia
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	81,439	1,320
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	81,474	1,357
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	81,534	1,393
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	81,595	1,431
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	81,566	1,469
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	81,473	1,508
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	81,354	1,548
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	81,190	1,589
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	81,009	1,630
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	80,781	1,671
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	80,500	1,713
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	80,301	1,755
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	80,292	1,798
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	80,443	1,840
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	80,663	1,883
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	81,000	1,926
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	81,704	1,968
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	82,366	2,010
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	82,674	2,051
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	82,923	2,093
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	83,110	2,147
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	83,178	2,203
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	83,213	2,260
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	83,811	2,316

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

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