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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 Bosnia & HerzegovinaOmanSpain
3,8112,34840,378
3,9012,40340,563
3,9192,45740,775
3,9232,51041,433
3,9402,56242,205
3,9752,61342,869
3,9912,66343,672
3,9932,71344,370
3,9902,76445,246
3,9872,81645,993
3,9852,87146,378
3,9832,92846,573
3,9802,98646,746
3,9773,04746,777
3,9733,11046,603
3,9683,17446,465
3,9633,24046,420
3,9573,30746,460
3,9513,37546,543
3,9443,44446,739
3,9373,51247,116
3,9293,58247,366
3,9213,65147,342
3,8763,69647,625

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

Spain

  • 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
  • 1270-1850: Álvarez-Nogal, C. and L. Prados de la Escosura (2013). "The Rise and Fall of Spain (1270-1850)," Economic History Review, 66, 1, 1-37, using their annual benchmarks
  • 1850–2011: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2017), Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 (London: Palgrave Macmillan)

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.