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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Laos	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	5,286	70
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	5,397	71
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	5,499	71
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	5,578	72
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	5,654	72
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	5,746	72
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	5,836	72
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	5,931	72
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	6,035	72
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	6,145	73
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	6,257	73
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	6,368	73
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	6,477	73
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	6,586	73
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	6,695	73
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	6,804	73
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	6,912	74
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	7,019	74
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	7,127	74
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	7,234	74
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	7,343	75
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	7,452	75
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	7,560	76
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	7,666	76

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.

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