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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 Congo - KinshasaItalyYemen
51,18156,94016,728
52,78256,96617,236
54,45357,00417,762
56,17057,11418,310
57,86057,42318,855
59,59957,85219,410
61,47458,19120,000
63,47958,42420,611
65,59058,78121,236
67,80059,23621,878
70,11459,58022,533
72,55059,84423,195
75,13860,05223,880
77,79260,21624,594
80,53460,33725,311
83,36860,34626,020
86,22960,25526,698
89,19360,14027,347
92,20960,02727,985
95,23259,90228,608
98,32059,75429,216
101,49959,46429,811
104,76759,15830,399
108,17158,96631,058

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