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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	South Korea	Laos
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	46,617	5,286
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	47,008	5,397
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	47,370	5,499
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	47,645	5,578
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	47,892	5,654
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	48,083	5,746
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	48,185	5,836
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	48,438	5,931
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	48,684	6,035
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	49,055	6,145
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	49,308	6,257
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	49,554	6,368
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	49,937	6,477
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	50,200	6,586
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	50,429	6,695
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	50,747	6,804
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	51,015	6,912
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	51,218	7,019
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	51,362	7,127
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	51,585	7,234
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	51,765	7,343
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	51,836	7,452
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	51,745	7,560
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	51,731	7,666

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.

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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