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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	Italy	Romania	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	273	56,940	22,414	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	274	56,966	22,262	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	275	57,004	22,106	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	276	57,114	21,931	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	278	57,423	21,828	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	279	57,852	21,704	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	280	58,191	21,571	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	281	58,424	21,443	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	282	58,781	21,129	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	283	59,236	20,779	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	285	59,580	20,607	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	286	59,844	20,485	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	287	60,052	20,385	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	288	60,216	20,296	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	289	60,337	20,224	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	290	60,346	20,151	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	291	60,255	20,055	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	291	60,140	19,938	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	292	60,027	19,823	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	293	59,902	19,713	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	294	59,754	19,622	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	294	59,464	19,496	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	295	59,158	19,351	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	295	58,966	19,266	2,787

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