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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Cape Verde	Italy	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	422	56,940	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	430	56,966	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	438	57,004	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	447	57,114	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	455	57,423	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	463	57,852	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	471	58,191	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	478	58,424	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	486	58,781	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	494	59,236	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	501	59,580	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	509	59,844	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	516	60,052	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	524	60,216	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	531	60,337	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	539	60,346	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	546	60,255	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	553	60,140	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	562	60,027	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	568	59,902	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	574	59,754	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	580	59,464	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	585	59,158	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	590	58,966	19,266

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.

All data sources

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.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Barbados, Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.