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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	Ethiopia
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	63,575
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	65,213
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	66,889
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	68,649
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	70,491
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	72,389
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	74,327
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	76,326
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	78,411
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	80,564
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	82,787
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	85,096
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	87,530
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	90,066
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	92,632
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	95,337
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	98,114
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	100,858
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	103,654
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	106,466
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	109,267
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	112,100
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	114,964
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	117,924

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, Ethiopia; the database as a whole is cited above.