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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	Italy	Yemen	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	56,940	16,728	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	56,966	17,236	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	57,004	17,762	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	57,114	18,310	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	57,423	18,855	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	57,852	19,410	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	58,191	20,000	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	58,424	20,611	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	58,781	21,236	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	59,236	21,878	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	59,580	22,533	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	59,844	23,195	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	60,052	23,880	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	60,216	24,594	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	60,337	25,311	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	60,346	26,020	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	60,255	26,698	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	60,140	27,347	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	60,027	27,985	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	59,902	28,608	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	59,754	29,216	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	59,464	29,811	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	59,158	30,399	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	58,966	31,058	19,266

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