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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Greece	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	10,618	152
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	10,662	153
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	10,718	154
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	10,757	155
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	10,783	156
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	10,809	157
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	10,841	157
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	10,874	158
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	10,901	159
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	10,930	160
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	10,959	160
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	10,973	161
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	10,957	162
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	10,898	162
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	10,819	163
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	10,747	163
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	10,677	164
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	10,633	164
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	10,612	165
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	10,590	166
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	10,579	166
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	10,556	167
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	10,499	167
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	10,437	167

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.

Greece

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
1833-1913: Kostelenos G., S. Petmezas, D. Vasiliou, E. Kounaris and M. Sfakianakis, (2007), "Gross Domestic Product 1830-1939", Sources of Economic History of Modern Greece: Quantitative data and statistical series 1830-1939, Historical Archives of the National Bank of Greece, Athens.
1913-1929: C. Clark, Conditions of Economic Progress, 3rd edition, Macmillan, London, 1957; 1929-38 GNP at factor cost from Ekonomikos Tachydromos, 22 May 1954; 1938-50 from OEEC, Europe and the World Economy, Paris 1960, p.116.
1929-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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