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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	Romania
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	22,414
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	22,262
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	22,106
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	21,931
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	21,828
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	21,704
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	21,571
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	21,443
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	21,129
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	20,779
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	20,607
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	20,485
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	20,385
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	20,296
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	20,224
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	20,151
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	20,055
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	19,938
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	19,823
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	19,713
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	19,622
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	19,496
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	19,351
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	19,266

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)

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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