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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 ItalyMoroccoCongo - Kinshasa
56,94028,40051,181
56,96628,74452,782
57,00429,09454,453
57,11429,44756,170
57,42329,80657,860
57,85230,16959,599
58,19130,55261,474
58,42430,95363,479
58,78131,35465,590
59,23631,75467,800
59,58032,15470,114
59,84432,55372,550
60,05232,95175,138
60,21633,34677,792
60,33733,73780,534
60,34634,12483,368
60,25534,51186,229
60,14034,89889,193
60,02735,27992,209
59,90235,65395,232
59,75436,01898,320
59,46436,375101,499
59,15836,723104,767
58,96637,101108,171

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