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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Trinidad & Tobago	Albania	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	1,301	3,085	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	1,303	3,065	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	1,308	3,047	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	1,314	3,038	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	1,320	3,026	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	1,326	3,014	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	1,332	2,998	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	1,338	2,979	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	1,344	2,957	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	1,352	2,934	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	1,359	2,915	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	1,365	2,900	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	1,372	2,892	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	1,379	2,888	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	1,386	2,882	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	1,392	2,876	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	1,399	2,868	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	1,405	2,863	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	1,411	2,861	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	1,436	2,854	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	1,452	2,842	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	1,448	2,825	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	1,450	2,799	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	1,456	2,787	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

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 Trinidad & Tobago, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.