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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	Israel	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	56,940	279,040	5,927	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	56,966	282,162	6,088	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	57,004	284,969	6,236	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	57,114	287,625	6,366	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	57,423	290,108	6,484	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	57,852	292,805	6,603	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	58,191	295,517	6,723	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	58,424	298,380	6,846	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	58,781	301,231	6,972	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	59,236	304,094	7,100	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	59,580	306,772	7,226	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	59,844	309,327	7,360	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	60,052	311,583	7,498	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	60,216	313,878	7,637	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	60,337	316,060	7,781	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	60,346	318,386	7,931	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	60,255	320,739	8,091	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	60,140	323,072	8,251	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	60,027	325,122	8,412	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	59,902	326,838	8,576	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	59,754	328,330	8,742	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	59,464	331,512	8,899	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	59,158	332,032	9,047	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	58,966	333,288	9,188	19,266

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).

Israel

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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.