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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 SerbiaCongo - KinshasaItaly
7,61151,18156,940
7,58752,78256,966
7,57454,45357,004
7,57056,17057,114
7,55157,86057,423
7,53359,59957,852
7,51061,47458,191
7,48163,47958,424
7,45165,59058,781
7,41967,80059,236
7,38970,11459,580
7,36072,55059,844
7,30475,13860,052
7,26977,79260,216
7,23480,53460,337
7,19983,36860,346
7,16286,22960,255
7,12489,19360,140
7,08792,20960,027
7,04895,23259,902
7,01098,32059,754
6,964101,49959,464
6,898104,76759,158
6,833108,17158,966

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

Serbia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.