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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	Spain	United Arab Emirates
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	3,101
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	3,284
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	3,458
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	3,613
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	3,754
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	3,882
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	4,000
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	4,532
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	5,623
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	7,277
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	8,164
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	8,152
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	8,438
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	8,747
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	9,077
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	9,321
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	9,461
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	9,587
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	9,699
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	9,796
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	9,879
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	9,953
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	10,018
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	10,099

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, United Arab Emirates; the database as a whole is cited above.