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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Iceland	Italy	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	277	56,940	387
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	281	56,966	390
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	285	57,004	393
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	288	57,114	396
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	289	57,423	398
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	293	57,852	401
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	296	58,191	404
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	304	58,424	405
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	311	58,781	406
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	319	59,236	409
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	319	59,580	412
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	318	59,844	414
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	319	60,052	416
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	321	60,216	420
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	324	60,337	426
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	327	60,346	435
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	331	60,255	445
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	335	60,140	455
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	343	60,027	468
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	353	59,902	485
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	361	59,754	504
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	366	59,464	516
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	372	59,158	518
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	380	58,966	530

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.