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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	Sudan
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	26,168
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	26,771
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	27,387
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	28,017
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	28,662
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	29,321
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	29,996
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	30,686
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	31,393
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	32,137
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	33,078
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	33,891
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	34,568
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	35,293
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	36,093
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	37,058
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	38,165
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	39,294
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	40,512
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	41,764
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	42,952
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	44,121
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	45,290
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	46,498

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