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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Malta	Russia	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	387	147,218	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	390	146,600	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	393	145,980	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	396	145,310	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	398	144,652	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	401	144,071	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	404	143,522	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	405	143,053	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	406	142,809	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	409	142,746	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	412	142,789	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	414	142,853	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	416	142,964	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	420	143,205	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	426	143,510	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	435	146,094	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	445	146,410	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	455	146,678	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	468	146,846	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	485	146,834	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	504	146,768	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	516	146,463	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	518	145,849	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	530	146,693	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

Russia

1860-1885: Kuboniwa, M. (2019). Estimating GDP and Foreign Rents of the Oil and Gas Sector in the Soviet Union and Present-Day Russia. In M. Kuboniwa, Y. Nakamura, K. Kumo, & Y. Shida (Eds.), Russian Economic Development over Three Centuries: New Data and Inferences (pp. 421–438). Springer.

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.