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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Italy	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	387	56,940	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	390	56,966	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	393	57,004	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	396	57,114	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,423	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	401	57,852	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	404	58,191	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	405	58,424	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	406	58,781	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	409	59,236	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	412	59,580	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	414	59,844	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	416	60,052	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	420	60,216	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	426	60,337	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	435	60,346	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	445	60,255	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	455	60,140	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	468	60,027	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	485	59,902	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	504	59,754	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	516	59,464	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	518	59,158	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	530	58,966	34,081

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.

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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