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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	Oman	Afghanistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	2,348	22,206
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	2,403	22,461
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	2,457	22,507
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	2,510	23,600
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	2,562	25,005
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	2,613	25,698
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	2,663	26,335
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	2,713	27,154
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	2,764	27,387
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	2,816	27,706
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	2,871	28,484
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	2,928	29,121
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	2,986	29,758
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	3,047	30,420
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	3,110	31,108
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	3,174	31,823
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	3,240	32,564
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	3,307	33,332
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	3,375	34,125
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	3,444	34,941
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	3,512	35,972
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	3,582	37,034
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	3,651	38,127
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	3,696	39,252

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