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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	Portugal
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	2,348	10,144
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	2,403	10,215
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	2,457	10,288
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	2,510	10,344
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	2,562	10,383
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	2,613	10,408
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	2,663	10,427
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	2,713	10,446
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	2,764	10,467
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	2,816	10,482
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	2,871	10,492
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	2,928	10,497
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	2,986	10,481
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	3,047	10,439
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	3,110	10,382
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	3,174	10,326
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	3,240	10,283
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	3,307	10,251
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	3,375	10,226
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	3,444	10,209
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	3,512	10,212
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	3,582	10,223
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	3,651	10,214
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	3,696	10,200

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)

Portugal

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
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

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