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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	United States	Germany	France
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	279,040	81,439	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	282,162	81,474	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	284,969	81,534	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	287,625	81,595	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	290,108	81,566	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	292,805	81,473	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	295,517	81,354	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	298,380	81,190	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	301,231	81,009	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	304,094	80,781	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	306,772	80,500	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	309,327	80,301	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	311,583	80,292	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	313,878	80,443	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	316,060	80,663	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	318,386	81,000	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	320,739	81,704	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	323,072	82,366	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	325,122	82,674	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	326,838	82,923	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	328,330	83,110	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	331,512	83,178	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	332,032	83,213	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	333,288	83,811	68,387

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.

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: 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)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

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.

France

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987