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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	Mali
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	81,439	3,234	10,596
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	81,474	3,246	10,833
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	81,534	3,257	10,890
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	81,595	3,268	11,007
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	81,566	3,277	11,307
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	81,473	3,285	11,579
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	81,354	3,291	11,804
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	81,190	3,298	12,043
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	81,009	3,305	12,337
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	80,781	3,313	12,657
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	80,500	3,321	12,986
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	80,301	3,329	13,325
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	80,292	3,337	13,679
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	80,443	3,345	14,040
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	80,663	3,353	14,412
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	81,000	3,362	14,803
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	81,704	3,371	15,210
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	82,366	3,380	15,629
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	82,674	3,390	16,060
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	82,923	3,399	16,507
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	83,110	3,408	16,967
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	83,178	3,417	17,442
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	83,213	3,426	17,930
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	83,811	3,422	18,494

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 Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.