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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Luxembourg	Italy	Estonia
Dec 31, 1999	433	56,940	1,378
Dec 31, 2000	438	56,966	1,400
Dec 31, 2001	443	57,004	1,391
Dec 31, 2002	448	57,114	1,382
Dec 31, 2003	454	57,423	1,374
Dec 31, 2004	460	57,852	1,365
Dec 31, 2005	467	58,191	1,357
Dec 31, 2006	474	58,424	1,349
Dec 31, 2007	482	58,781	1,341
Dec 31, 2008	491	59,236	1,337
Dec 31, 2009	500	59,580	1,334
Dec 31, 2010	509	59,844	1,332
Dec 31, 2011	521	60,052	1,328
Dec 31, 2012	533	60,216	1,324
Dec 31, 2013	547	60,337	1,319
Dec 31, 2014	560	60,346	1,314
Dec 31, 2015	571	60,255	1,312
Dec 31, 2016	586	60,140	1,314
Dec 31, 2017	599	60,027	1,314
Dec 31, 2018	610	59,902	1,318
Dec 31, 2019	623	59,754	1,323
Dec 31, 2020	633	59,464	1,327
Dec 31, 2021	643	59,158	1,329
Dec 31, 2022	651	58,966	1,330

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 Luxembourg, Estonia; the database as a whole is cited above.