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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Bosnia & HerzegovinaMoldovaItaly
3,8114,24456,940
3,9014,19956,966
3,9194,15457,004
3,9234,10857,114
3,9404,05957,423
3,9754,01357,852
3,9913,96658,191
3,9933,91958,424
3,9903,87358,781
3,9873,82959,236
3,9853,78859,580
3,9833,74859,844
3,9803,70960,052
3,9773,67160,216
3,9733,63360,337
3,9683,59560,346
3,9633,55860,255
3,9573,52260,140
3,9513,48560,027
3,9443,44859,902
3,9373,41259,754
3,9293,37659,464
3,9213,33959,158
3,8763,57058,966

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.