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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 ItalyHaitiCongo - Kinshasa
56,9408,12151,181
56,9668,27952,782
57,0048,43054,453
57,1148,58056,170
57,4238,73957,860
57,8528,90059,599
58,1919,06161,474
58,4249,21663,479
58,7819,36465,590
59,2369,50867,800
59,5809,65270,114
59,8449,55372,550
60,0529,67075,138
60,2169,79377,792
60,3379,92280,534
60,34610,04783,368
60,25510,25486,229
60,14010,48689,193
60,02710,64792,209
59,90210,78895,232
59,75410,93398,320
59,46411,077101,499
59,15811,215104,767
58,96611,349108,171

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 Haiti, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.