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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	Romania	North Macedonia
Dec 31, 1999	277	56,940	22,414	2,006
Dec 31, 2000	281	56,966	22,262	2,017
Dec 31, 2001	285	57,004	22,106	2,026
Dec 31, 2002	288	57,114	21,931	2,011
Dec 31, 2003	289	57,423	21,828	2,018
Dec 31, 2004	293	57,852	21,704	2,024
Dec 31, 2005	296	58,191	21,571	2,028
Dec 31, 2006	304	58,424	21,443	2,031
Dec 31, 2007	311	58,781	21,129	2,035
Dec 31, 2008	319	59,236	20,779	2,038
Dec 31, 2009	319	59,580	20,607	2,042
Dec 31, 2010	318	59,844	20,485	2,046
Dec 31, 2011	319	60,052	20,385	2,049
Dec 31, 2012	321	60,216	20,296	2,052
Dec 31, 2013	324	60,337	20,224	2,055
Dec 31, 2014	327	60,346	20,151	2,058
Dec 31, 2015	331	60,255	20,055	2,061
Dec 31, 2016	335	60,140	19,938	2,063
Dec 31, 2017	343	60,027	19,823	2,065
Dec 31, 2018	353	59,902	19,713	2,067
Dec 31, 2019	361	59,754	19,622	2,068
Dec 31, 2020	366	59,464	19,496	2,065
Dec 31, 2021	372	59,158	19,351	2,057
Dec 31, 2022	380	58,966	19,266	2,048

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.

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.

North Macedonia

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