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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	Iraq	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,076	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,748	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	23,440	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	24,212	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	24,979	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	25,726	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	26,531	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	26,706	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	26,429	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	26,969	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	28,024	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	28,956	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	29,974	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	31,321	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	32,779	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	33,857	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,674	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	35,437	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	36,200	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	37,015	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	37,846	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	38,673	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	39,491	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	40,364	47,625

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

Iraq

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
700 – 1500: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011.
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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; the database as a whole is cited above.