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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Spain	South Africa
Dec 31, 1999	273	40,378	46,257
Dec 31, 2000	274	40,563	46,958
Dec 31, 2001	275	40,775	47,820
Dec 31, 2002	276	41,433	48,480
Dec 31, 2003	278	42,205	48,951
Dec 31, 2004	279	42,869	49,478
Dec 31, 2005	280	43,672	50,054
Dec 31, 2006	281	44,370	50,667
Dec 31, 2007	282	45,246	51,339
Dec 31, 2008	283	45,993	52,077
Dec 31, 2009	285	46,378	52,862
Dec 31, 2010	286	46,573	53,682
Dec 31, 2011	287	46,746	54,518
Dec 31, 2012	288	46,777	55,356
Dec 31, 2013	289	46,603	56,215
Dec 31, 2014	290	46,465	57,075
Dec 31, 2015	291	46,420	57,947
Dec 31, 2016	291	46,460	58,830
Dec 31, 2017	292	46,543	59,715
Dec 31, 2018	293	46,739	60,595
Dec 31, 2019	294	47,116	61,469
Dec 31, 2020	294	47,366	62,355
Dec 31, 2021	295	47,342	62,900
Dec 31, 2022	295	47,625	63,382

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)

South Africa

1700–1900 (Cape Colony): Fourie, J. and Van Zanden, J.L. (2013). GDP in the Dutch Cape Colony: the Nationals Accounts of a Slave-Based Society, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 81 (4): 467 - 490

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