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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 BarbadosSpainLaos
27340,3785,286
27440,5635,397
27540,7755,499
27641,4335,578
27842,2055,654
27942,8695,746
28043,6725,836
28144,3705,931
28245,2466,035
28345,9936,145
28546,3786,257
28646,5736,368
28746,7466,477
28846,7776,586
28946,6036,695
29046,4656,804
29146,4206,912
29146,4607,019
29246,5437,127
29346,7397,234
29447,1167,343
29447,3667,452
29547,3427,560
29547,6257,666

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