Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Ecuador	Italy	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Dec 31, 1999	12,268	56,940	3,811
Dec 31, 2000	12,446	56,966	3,901
Dec 31, 2001	12,629	57,004	3,919
Dec 31, 2002	12,827	57,114	3,923
Dec 31, 2003	13,074	57,423	3,940
Dec 31, 2004	13,368	57,852	3,975
Dec 31, 2005	13,661	58,191	3,991
Dec 31, 2006	13,915	58,424	3,993
Dec 31, 2007	14,133	58,781	3,990
Dec 31, 2008	14,352	59,236	3,987
Dec 31, 2009	14,569	59,580	3,985
Dec 31, 2010	14,786	59,844	3,983
Dec 31, 2011	15,002	60,052	3,980
Dec 31, 2012	15,218	60,216	3,977
Dec 31, 2013	15,433	60,337	3,973
Dec 31, 2014	15,647	60,346	3,968
Dec 31, 2015	15,860	60,255	3,963
Dec 31, 2016	16,072	60,140	3,957
Dec 31, 2017	16,282	60,027	3,951
Dec 31, 2018	16,489	59,902	3,944
Dec 31, 2019	16,693	59,754	3,937
Dec 31, 2020	16,894	59,464	3,929
Dec 31, 2021	17,093	59,158	3,921
Dec 31, 2022	17,288	58,966	3,876

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

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project