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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	Poland	Romania	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	277	38,358	22,414	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	281	38,344	22,262	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	285	38,339	22,106	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	288	38,320	21,931	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	289	38,283	21,828	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	293	38,268	21,704	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	296	38,249	21,571	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	304	38,220	21,443	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	311	38,204	21,129	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	319	38,204	20,779	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	319	38,572	20,607	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	318	38,606	20,485	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	319	38,615	20,385	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	321	38,623	20,296	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	324	38,591	20,224	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	327	38,573	20,151	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	331	38,544	20,055	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	335	38,516	19,938	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	343	38,511	19,823	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	353	38,502	19,713	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	361	38,475	19,622	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	366	38,443	19,496	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	372	38,250	19,351	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	380	37,914	19,266	58,966

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.

Poland

1409–1913: Malinowski, M. and Van Zanden (2017), “National income and its distribution in preindustrial Poland in a global perspective” Cliometrica, Volume 11, Issue 3, pp 375–40
1913-1929: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1929-1938: K. Laski, Akumulacja i spozycie w procesie uprzemyslowienia Polski Ludowej, Ksiazka i Wiedza, Warsaw, 1956, pp. 86-90
1937-1950: T.P. Alton (1970), p. 46,

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.

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.