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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 ItalyMoldovaCongo - Kinshasa
56,9404,24451,181
56,9664,19952,782
57,0044,15454,453
57,1144,10856,170
57,4234,05957,860
57,8524,01359,599
58,1913,96661,474
58,4243,91963,479
58,7813,87365,590
59,2363,82967,800
59,5803,78870,114
59,8443,74872,550
60,0523,70975,138
60,2163,67177,792
60,3373,63380,534
60,3463,59583,368
60,2553,55886,229
60,1403,52289,193
60,0273,48592,209
59,9023,44895,232
59,7543,41298,320
59,4643,376101,499
59,1583,339104,767
58,9663,570108,171

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