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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	United Kingdom
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	58,946
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	59,149
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	59,377
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	59,631
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	59,903
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	60,217
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	60,682
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	61,098
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	61,593
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	62,100
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	62,539
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	63,040
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	63,567
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	63,989
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	64,392
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	64,885
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	65,400
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	65,941
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	66,335
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	66,732
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	67,095
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	67,380
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	67,651
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	68,093

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.

United Kingdom

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972