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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 Burkina FasoItalySeychelles
11,07556,94078
11,40556,96679
11,82857,00480
12,38057,11481
12,82957,42382
13,17857,85283
13,54058,19184
13,91758,42485
14,30958,78186
14,72259,23687
15,15259,58087
15,60059,84488
16,06460,05289
16,56360,21690
17,07260,33791
17,57560,34692
18,09460,25592
18,62160,14093
19,15760,02794
19,69859,90295
20,24259,75496
20,78859,46497
21,33659,15898
21,88958,96698

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 Burkina Faso, Seychelles; the database as a whole is cited above.