Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Türkiye	Bosnia & Herzegovina	Italy
Dec 31, 1999	65,020	3,811	56,940
Dec 31, 2000	65,949	3,901	56,966
Dec 31, 2001	66,869	3,919	57,004
Dec 31, 2002	67,728	3,923	57,114
Dec 31, 2003	68,541	3,940	57,423
Dec 31, 2004	69,366	3,975	57,852
Dec 31, 2005	70,224	3,991	58,191
Dec 31, 2006	71,106	3,993	58,424
Dec 31, 2007	71,992	3,990	58,781
Dec 31, 2008	72,909	3,987	59,236
Dec 31, 2009	73,922	3,985	59,580
Dec 31, 2010	75,054	3,983	59,844
Dec 31, 2011	76,164	3,980	60,052
Dec 31, 2012	77,141	3,977	60,216
Dec 31, 2013	78,138	3,973	60,337
Dec 31, 2014	79,199	3,968	60,346
Dec 31, 2015	80,262	3,963	60,255
Dec 31, 2016	81,350	3,957	60,140
Dec 31, 2017	82,412	3,951	60,027
Dec 31, 2018	83,535	3,944	59,902
Dec 31, 2019	84,737	3,937	59,754
Dec 31, 2020	85,564	3,929	59,464
Dec 31, 2021	86,346	3,921	59,158
Dec 31, 2022	87,201	3,876	58,966

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.

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

Türkiye

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
700 - 1820: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011; Milanovic, B. (2006), “An estimate of average income and inequality in Byzantium around year 1000,” Review of Income and Wealth 52 (3).
1500-1820: Pamuk, S. (2009). “Estimating GDP per capita for the Ottoman Empire in a European Comparative Framework, 1500-1820”, paper presented at the XVth World Economic History Congress, August 2009, Utrecht
182, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1923-48: T. Bulutay, Y.S. Tezel and N. Yielderim, Turkiye Milli Geliri 1923-1948, Ankara, 1974.

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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.