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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Madagascar	Haiti
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	15,259	8,121
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	15,707	8,279
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	16,162	8,430
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	16,631	8,580
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	17,114	8,739
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	17,610	8,900
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	18,120	9,061
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	18,641	9,216
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	19,173	9,364
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	19,717	9,508
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	20,272	9,652
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	20,837	9,553
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	21,413	9,670
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	21,999	9,793
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	22,593	9,922
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	23,196	10,047
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	23,806	10,254
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	24,423	10,486
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	25,044	10,647
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	25,671	10,788
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	26,302	10,933
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	26,936	11,077
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	27,573	11,215
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	28,237	11,349

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 Madagascar, Haiti; the database as a whole is cited above.