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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Italy	Brazil
Dec 31, 1999	387	56,940	174,320
Dec 31, 2000	390	56,966	176,902
Dec 31, 2001	393	57,004	179,389
Dec 31, 2002	396	57,114	181,721
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,423	183,970
Dec 31, 2004	401	57,852	186,165
Dec 31, 2005	404	58,191	188,330
Dec 31, 2006	405	58,424	190,438
Dec 31, 2007	406	58,781	192,450
Dec 31, 2008	409	59,236	194,458
Dec 31, 2009	412	59,580	196,464
Dec 31, 2010	414	59,844	198,408
Dec 31, 2011	416	60,052	200,152
Dec 31, 2012	420	60,216	201,894
Dec 31, 2013	426	60,337	203,614
Dec 31, 2014	435	60,346	205,358
Dec 31, 2015	445	60,255	207,148
Dec 31, 2016	455	60,140	208,859
Dec 31, 2017	468	60,027	210,537
Dec 31, 2018	485	59,902	212,258
Dec 31, 2019	504	59,754	213,940
Dec 31, 2020	516	59,464	215,577
Dec 31, 2021	518	59,158	216,720
Dec 31, 2022	530	58,966	217,718

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.

Brazil

1800 - 1870: 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)
1850–1899: Barro, R.J. and J.F. Ursua, (2008). “Macroeconomic Crises since 1870” Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 39(1 (Spring), pages 255-350
1900-1950: A. Maddison and Associates, The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: Brazil and Mexico, Oxford University Press, New York 1992;

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