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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	Romania	Italy	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	277	22,414	56,940	387
Dec 31, 2000	281	22,262	56,966	390
Dec 31, 2001	285	22,106	57,004	393
Dec 31, 2002	288	21,931	57,114	396
Dec 31, 2003	289	21,828	57,423	398
Dec 31, 2004	293	21,704	57,852	401
Dec 31, 2005	296	21,571	58,191	404
Dec 31, 2006	304	21,443	58,424	405
Dec 31, 2007	311	21,129	58,781	406
Dec 31, 2008	319	20,779	59,236	409
Dec 31, 2009	319	20,607	59,580	412
Dec 31, 2010	318	20,485	59,844	414
Dec 31, 2011	319	20,385	60,052	416
Dec 31, 2012	321	20,296	60,216	420
Dec 31, 2013	324	20,224	60,337	426
Dec 31, 2014	327	20,151	60,346	435
Dec 31, 2015	331	20,055	60,255	445
Dec 31, 2016	335	19,938	60,140	455
Dec 31, 2017	343	19,823	60,027	468
Dec 31, 2018	353	19,713	59,902	485
Dec 31, 2019	361	19,622	59,754	504
Dec 31, 2020	366	19,496	59,464	516
Dec 31, 2021	372	19,351	59,158	518
Dec 31, 2022	380	19,266	58,966	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.

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.

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