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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 BarbadosSpainEswatini
27340,3781,033
27440,5631,032
27540,7751,030
27641,4331,028
27842,2051,026
27942,8691,025
28043,6721,023
28144,3701,021
28245,2461,019
28345,9931,017
28546,3781,017
28646,5731,019
28746,7461,024
28846,7771,032
28946,6031,041
29046,4651,051
29146,4201,060
29146,4601,069
29246,5431,078
29346,7391,087
29447,1161,096
29447,3661,106
29547,3421,117
29547,6251,126

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