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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosDominicaItalyCambodia
2737056,94012,122
2747156,96612,317
2757157,00412,504
2767257,11412,691
2787257,42312,881
2797257,85213,076
2807258,19113,276
2817258,42413,461
2827258,78113,630
2837359,23613,808
2857359,58013,990
2867359,84414,162
2877360,05214,322
2887360,21614,480
2897360,33714,637
2907360,34614,793
2917460,25514,994
2917460,14015,238
2927460,02715,480
2937459,90215,717
2947559,75415,944
2947559,46416,149
2957659,15816,338
2957658,96616,514

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.

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