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