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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 MoldovaItalyCongo - Kinshasa
4,24456,94051,181
4,19956,96652,782
4,15457,00454,453
4,10857,11456,170
4,05957,42357,860
4,01357,85259,599
3,96658,19161,474
3,91958,42463,479
3,87358,78165,590
3,82959,23667,800
3,78859,58070,114
3,74859,84472,550
3,70960,05275,138
3,67160,21677,792
3,63360,33780,534
3,59560,34683,368
3,55860,25586,229
3,52260,14089,193
3,48560,02792,209
3,44859,90295,232
3,41259,75498,320
3,37659,464101,499
3,33959,158104,767
3,57058,966108,171

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.