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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Spain	Malawi
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	11,310
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	11,658
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	12,020
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	12,395
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	12,786
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	13,196
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	13,625
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	14,072
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	14,539
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	15,026
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	15,525
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	16,028
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	16,534
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	17,042
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	17,551
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	18,060
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	18,571
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	19,086
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	19,603
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	20,122
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	20,640
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	21,159
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	21,677
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	22,239

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)

Malawi

1904-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.