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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 BarbadosSpainLesotho
27340,3781,908
27440,5631,916
27540,7751,922
27641,4331,926
27842,2051,926
27942,8691,925
28043,6721,922
28144,3701,919
28245,2461,917
28345,9931,915
28546,3781,916
28646,5731,920
28746,7461,925
28846,7771,930
28946,6031,936
29046,4651,942
29146,4201,948
29146,4601,953
29246,5431,958
29346,7391,962
29447,1161,987
29447,3662,013
29547,3422,037
29547,6252,059

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