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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Jordan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	4,591	387
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	4,700	390
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	4,811	393
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	4,923	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	5,037	398
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	5,161	401
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	5,295	404
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	5,765	405
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	6,243	406
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	6,397	409
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	6,538	412
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	6,680	414
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	6,840	416
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	6,952	420
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	7,706	426
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	8,839	435
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	9,506	445
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	9,863	455
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	10,066	468
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	10,273	485
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	10,480	504
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	10,628	516
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	10,716	518
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	10,849	530

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.

Jordan

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
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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