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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Denmark	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	5,322	422
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	5,339	430
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	5,358	438
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	5,377	447
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	5,391	455
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	5,404	463
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	5,420	471
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	5,438	478
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	5,461	486
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	5,494	494
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	5,524	501
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	5,548	509
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	5,571	516
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	5,592	524
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	5,614	531
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	5,644	539
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	5,683	546
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	5,730	553
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	5,766	562
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	5,795	568
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	5,818	574
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	5,831	580
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	5,855	585
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	5,907	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 Denmark, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.