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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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,

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.