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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	Turkmenistan
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	4,324
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	4,385
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	4,444
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	4,502
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	4,556
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	4,608
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	4,664
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	4,719
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	4,773
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	4,828
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	4,884
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	4,940
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	4,996
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	5,053
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	5,110
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	5,169
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	5,227
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	5,287
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	5,346
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	5,405
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	5,464
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	5,522
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	5,579
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	5,657

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