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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	Denmark	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,322	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,339	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,358	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,377	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,391	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,404	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,420	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,438	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	5,461	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	5,494	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	5,524	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	5,548	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	5,571	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	5,592	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	5,614	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	5,644	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	5,683	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	5,730	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,766	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,795	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,818	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,831	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,855	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,907	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, Denmark; the database as a whole is cited above.