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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Italy	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	387	56,940	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	390	56,966	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	393	57,004	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	396	57,114	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,423	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	401	57,852	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	404	58,191	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	405	58,424	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	406	58,781	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	409	59,236	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	412	59,580	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	414	59,844	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	416	60,052	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	420	60,216	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	426	60,337	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	435	60,346	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	445	60,255	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	455	60,140	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	468	60,027	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	485	59,902	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	504	59,754	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	516	59,464	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	518	59,158	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	530	58,966	10,200

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.

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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