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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Japan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	126,512	387
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	126,755	390
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	127,056	393
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	127,324	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	127,558	398
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	127,658	401
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	127,679	404
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	127,762	405
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	127,904	406
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	127,969	409
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	127,958	412
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	127,967	414
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	127,755	416
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	127,476	420
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	127,257	426
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	127,186	435
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	127,034	445
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	126,857	455
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	126,631	468
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	126,368	485
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	126,092	504
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	125,634	516
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	125,427	518
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	124,762	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.

Japan

724-1874: Bassino, Jean-Pascal & Broadberry, Stephen & Fukao, Kyoji & Gupta, Bishnupriya & Takashima, Masanori, (2018). "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874," CEI Working Paper Series 2018-13, Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1874-1940: Fukao, K., Bassino, J.-P., Makino, T., Paprzycki, R., Settsu, T., Takashima, M., and Tokui, J. (2015) Regional Inequality and Industrial Structure in Japan: 1874-2008, Tokyo: Maruzen Publishing.

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