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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Russia	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	147,218	387
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	146,600	390
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	145,980	393
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	145,310	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	144,652	398
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	144,071	401
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	143,522	404
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	143,053	405
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	142,809	406
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	142,746	409
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	142,789	412
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	142,853	414
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	142,964	416
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	143,205	420
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	143,510	426
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	146,094	435
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	146,410	445
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	146,678	455
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	146,846	468
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	146,834	485
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	146,768	504
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	146,463	516
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	145,849	518
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	146,693	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.

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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