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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Turkmenistan	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	4,324	387
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	4,385	390
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	4,444	393
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	4,502	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	4,556	398
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	4,608	401
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	4,664	404
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	4,719	405
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	4,773	406
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	4,828	409
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	4,884	412
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	4,940	414
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	4,996	416
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	5,053	420
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	5,110	426
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	5,169	435
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	5,227	445
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	5,287	455
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	5,346	468
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	5,405	485
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	5,464	504
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	5,522	516
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	5,579	518
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	5,657	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.

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