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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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

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.