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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 BarbadosSpainParaguay
27340,3785,366
27440,5635,473
27540,7755,579
27641,4335,683
27842,2055,786
27942,8695,886
28043,6725,984
28144,3706,080
28245,2466,173
28345,9936,264
28546,3786,352
28646,5736,438
28746,7466,522
28846,7776,605
28946,6036,688
29046,4656,769
29146,4206,850
29146,4606,930
29246,5437,012
29346,7397,095
29447,1167,179
29447,3667,263
29547,3427,348
29547,6257,432

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