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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	Italy	Germany	Uruguay	Albania
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	81,439	3,234	3,085
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	81,474	3,246	3,065
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	81,534	3,257	3,047
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	81,595	3,268	3,038
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	81,566	3,277	3,026
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	81,473	3,285	3,014
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	81,354	3,291	2,998
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	81,190	3,298	2,979
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	81,009	3,305	2,957
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	80,781	3,313	2,934
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	80,500	3,321	2,915
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	80,301	3,329	2,900
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	80,292	3,337	2,892
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	80,443	3,345	2,888
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	80,663	3,353	2,882
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	81,000	3,362	2,876
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	81,704	3,371	2,868
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	82,366	3,380	2,863
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	82,674	3,390	2,861
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	82,923	3,399	2,854
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	83,110	3,408	2,842
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	83,178	3,417	2,825
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	83,213	3,426	2,799
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	83,811	3,422	2,787

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.

Germany

1500-1850: Pfister, U. (2022). Economic Growth in Germany, 1500–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 82(4), 1071–1107
1850-1950: Hoffmann, Grumbach and Hesse, op. cit., pp. 454-5.

Uruguay

1800-1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1870–2014: Bèrtola, L. (2016). El PIB per Capita de Uruguay 1870 - 2016: una reconstruccion. PHES working paper No 48

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