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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	Guinea
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	2,348	7,610
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	2,403	7,780
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	2,457	7,821
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	2,510	7,906
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	2,562	8,121
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	2,613	8,317
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	2,663	8,478
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	2,713	8,650
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	2,764	8,860
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	2,816	9,091
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	2,871	9,327
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	2,928	9,571
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	2,986	9,825
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	3,047	10,084
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	3,110	10,351
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	3,174	10,632
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	3,240	10,924
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	3,307	11,225
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	3,375	11,534
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	3,444	11,855
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	3,512	12,160
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	3,582	12,469
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	3,651	12,778
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	3,696	13,087

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