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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Ecuador	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	387	12,268	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	390	12,446	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	393	12,629	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,827	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	398	13,074	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,368	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,661	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,915	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,133	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,352	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	412	14,569	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	414	14,786	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	416	15,002	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	420	15,218	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	426	15,433	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	435	15,647	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	445	15,860	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	455	16,072	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	468	16,282	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	485	16,489	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	504	16,693	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	516	16,894	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	518	17,093	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	530	17,288	58,966

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

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.