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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	Barbados	Central African Republic	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,889	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,980	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	4,054	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,128	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,215	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,289	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,363	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,449	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,544	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,641	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,742	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,845	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,950	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,057	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,167	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,278	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,392	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,507	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,625	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,745	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,874	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	6,025	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	6,154	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	6,291	47,625

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

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 Barbados, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.