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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Italy	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	3,811	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	3,901	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	3,919	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	3,923	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	3,940	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	3,975	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	3,991	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	3,993	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	3,990	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	3,987	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	3,985	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	3,983	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	3,980	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	3,977	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	3,973	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	3,968	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	3,963	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	3,957	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	3,951	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	3,944	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	3,937	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	3,929	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	3,921	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	3,876	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.

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

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.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

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.