We present the first ever analysis of the provincial population in Italy since ca. 1770, using 1911 boundaries, and providing a key variable for future studies on Italian economic history. The new data reveal, in line with national figures, two distinct stages: one of low population growth before 1821, and one of higher growth after 1821. A preliminary inspection suggests that the process of Unification did not represent a significant factor of change in the demographic trends of the majority of the Italian provinces, with only a few exceptions. Rather, it seems that the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the period of Restoration constituted the key dynamics in driving population growth.

A Reconstruction of the Italian Provincial Population (ca. 1770-1861): a new dataset / Rota, M; Postigliola, M; Mariella, V. - In: RIVISTA DI STORIA ECONOMICA. - ISSN 0393-3415. - (2020). [10.1410/98355]

A Reconstruction of the Italian Provincial Population (ca. 1770-1861): a new dataset

Rota, M;Postigliola, M;Mariella, V
2020

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We present the first ever analysis of the provincial population in Italy since ca. 1770, using 1911 boundaries, and providing a key variable for future studies on Italian economic history. The new data reveal, in line with national figures, two distinct stages: one of low population growth before 1821, and one of higher growth after 1821. A preliminary inspection suggests that the process of Unification did not represent a significant factor of change in the demographic trends of the majority of the Italian provinces, with only a few exceptions. Rather, it seems that the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the period of Restoration constituted the key dynamics in driving population growth.
2020
Italian population; data reconstruction; pre-unification Italy
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A Reconstruction of the Italian Provincial Population (ca. 1770-1861): a new dataset / Rota, M; Postigliola, M; Mariella, V. - In: RIVISTA DI STORIA ECONOMICA. - ISSN 0393-3415. - (2020). [10.1410/98355]
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