Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date ItalyNamibiaCongo - Kinshasa
56,9401,84151,181
56,9661,89352,782
57,0041,94554,453
57,1141,98156,170
57,4232,00857,860
57,8522,03459,599
58,1912,06061,474
58,4242,08663,479
58,7812,11365,590
59,2362,14167,800
59,5802,17070,114
59,8442,20172,550
60,0522,23275,138
60,2162,26877,792
60,3372,31280,534
60,3462,36083,368
60,2552,40886,229
60,1402,45689,193
60,0272,50592,209
59,9022,55495,232
59,7542,60298,320
59,4642,651101,499
59,1582,700104,767
58,9662,739108,171

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.

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.

No separate list is published for Namibia, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.