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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

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

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.