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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	Kuwait
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	1,926
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	1,982
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	2,038
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	2,094
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	2,151
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	2,208
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	2,268
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	2,329
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	2,388
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	2,446
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	2,502
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	2,556
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	2,609
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	2,660
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	2,710
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	2,757
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	2,804
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	2,848
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	2,891
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	2,933
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	2,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	3,011
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	3,048
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	3,061

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