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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	51,181	387
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	52,782	390
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	54,453	393
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	56,170	396
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	57,860	398
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	59,599	401
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	61,474	404
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	63,479	405
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	65,590	406
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	67,800	409
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	70,114	412
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	72,550	414
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	75,138	416
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	77,792	420
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	80,534	426
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	83,368	435
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	86,229	445
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	89,193	455
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	92,209	468
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	95,232	485
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	98,320	504
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	101,499	516
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	104,767	518
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	108,171	530

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.

All data sources

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, Congo - Kinshasa, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.