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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 BarbadosSpainMoldova
27340,3784,244
27440,5634,199
27540,7754,154
27641,4334,108
27842,2054,059
27942,8694,013
28043,6723,966
28144,3703,919
28245,2463,873
28345,9933,829
28546,3783,788
28646,5733,748
28746,7463,709
28846,7773,671
28946,6033,633
29046,4653,595
29146,4203,558
29146,4603,522
29246,5433,485
29346,7393,448
29447,1163,412
29447,3663,376
29547,3423,339
29547,6253,570

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