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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	Moldova	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	4,244	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	4,199	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	4,154	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	4,108	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	4,059	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	4,013	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	3,966	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	3,919	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	3,873	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	3,829	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	3,788	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	3,748	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	3,709	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	3,671	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	3,633	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	3,595	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	3,558	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	3,522	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	3,485	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	3,448	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	3,412	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	3,376	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	3,339	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	3,570	108,171

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.

All data sources

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.