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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Iceland	Italy	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	277	56,940	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	281	56,966	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	285	57,004	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	288	57,114	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,423	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	293	57,852	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	296	58,191	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	304	58,424	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	311	58,781	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	319	59,236	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	319	59,580	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	318	59,844	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	319	60,052	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	321	60,216	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	324	60,337	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	327	60,346	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	331	60,255	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	335	60,140	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	343	60,027	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	353	59,902	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,754	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	366	59,464	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	372	59,158	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	380	58,966	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.

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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

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.

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.