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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ItalyBurkina FasoCongo - Brazzaville
56,94011,0752,886
56,96611,4052,999
57,00411,8283,113
57,11412,3803,181
57,42312,8293,274
57,85213,1783,400
58,19113,5403,543
58,42413,9173,702
58,78114,3093,859
59,23614,7223,989
59,58015,1524,146
59,84415,6004,324
60,05216,0644,468
60,21616,5634,581
60,33717,0724,667
60,34617,5754,757
60,25518,0944,851
60,14018,6214,951
60,02719,1575,055
59,90219,6985,164
59,75420,2425,279
59,46420,7885,400
59,15821,3365,527
58,96621,8895,655

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

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 Burkina Faso, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.