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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosSpainOmanSlovenia
27340,3782,3481,998
27440,5632,4032,004
27540,7752,4572,006
27641,4332,5102,009
27842,2052,5622,010
27942,8692,6132,011
28043,6722,6632,015
28144,3702,7132,022
28245,2462,7642,033
28345,9932,8162,036
28546,3782,8712,056
28646,5732,9282,063
28746,7462,9862,067
28846,7773,0472,071
28946,6033,1102,074
29046,4653,1742,076
29146,4203,2402,078
29146,4603,3072,079
29246,5433,3752,081
29346,7393,4442,087
29447,1163,5122,104
29447,3663,5822,118
29547,3423,6512,123
29547,6253,6962,124

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)

Slovenia

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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