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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	Malta	Italy	Albania	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	387	56,940	3,085	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	390	56,966	3,065	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	393	57,004	3,047	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	396	57,114	3,038	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	398	57,423	3,026	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	401	57,852	3,014	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	404	58,191	2,998	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	405	58,424	2,979	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	406	58,781	2,957	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	409	59,236	2,934	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	412	59,580	2,915	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	414	59,844	2,900	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	416	60,052	2,892	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	420	60,216	2,888	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	426	60,337	2,882	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	435	60,346	2,876	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	445	60,255	2,868	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	455	60,140	2,863	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	468	60,027	2,861	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	485	59,902	2,854	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	504	59,754	2,842	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	516	59,464	2,825	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	518	59,158	2,799	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	530	58,966	2,787	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.

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.

No separate list is published for Malta, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.