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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 BarbadosSpainOman
27340,3782,348
27440,5632,403
27540,7752,457
27641,4332,510
27842,2052,562
27942,8692,613
28043,6722,663
28144,3702,713
28245,2462,764
28345,9932,816
28546,3782,871
28646,5732,928
28746,7462,986
28846,7773,047
28946,6033,110
29046,4653,174
29146,4203,240
29146,4603,307
29246,5433,375
29346,7393,444
29447,1163,512
29447,3663,582
29547,3423,651
29547,6253,696

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