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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	Iceland	Italy	Albania	Belgium
Dec 31, 1999	277	56,940	3,085	10,227
Dec 31, 2000	281	56,966	3,065	10,252
Dec 31, 2001	285	57,004	3,047	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	288	57,114	3,038	10,334
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,423	3,026	10,377
Dec 31, 2004	293	57,852	3,014	10,422
Dec 31, 2005	296	58,191	2,998	10,480
Dec 31, 2006	304	58,424	2,979	10,549
Dec 31, 2007	311	58,781	2,957	10,627
Dec 31, 2008	319	59,236	2,934	10,711
Dec 31, 2009	319	59,580	2,915	10,797
Dec 31, 2010	318	59,844	2,900	10,897
Dec 31, 2011	319	60,052	2,892	11,039
Dec 31, 2012	321	60,216	2,888	11,108
Dec 31, 2013	324	60,337	2,882	11,160
Dec 31, 2014	327	60,346	2,876	11,210
Dec 31, 2015	331	60,255	2,868	11,275
Dec 31, 2016	335	60,140	2,863	11,332
Dec 31, 2017	343	60,027	2,861	11,376
Dec 31, 2018	353	59,902	2,854	11,429
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,754	2,842	11,491
Dec 31, 2020	366	59,464	2,825	11,546
Dec 31, 2021	372	59,158	2,799	11,594
Dec 31, 2022	380	58,966	2,787	11,695

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.

Belgium

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1500- 1846: Buyst, E. (2011), “Towards Estimates of Long Term Growth in the Southern Low Countries, ca.1500-1846”, Results presented at the Conference on Quantifying Long Run Economic Development, Venice, 22-24 March, 2011
1846-1913: J. Gadisseur, "Contribution à l'étude de la production agricole en Belgique de 1846 à 1913", Revue belge d'histoire contemporaine, vol. IV, 1-2, 1973,
1913-1950: C. Carbonnelle, "Recherches sur levolution de la production en Belgique de 1900à 1957", Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no. 3, April 1959, p. 358.

No separate list is published for Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.