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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosSpainCroatia
27340,3784,377
27440,5634,334
27540,7754,171
27641,4334,176
27842,2054,176
27942,8694,179
28043,6724,182
28144,3704,183
28245,2464,183
28345,9934,181
28546,3784,177
28646,5734,167
28746,7464,154
28846,7774,141
28946,6034,126
29046,4654,109
29146,4204,081
29146,4604,047
29246,5434,006
29346,7393,968
29447,1163,945
29447,3663,925
29547,3423,839
29547,6253,790

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)

Croatia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.