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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	Iceland	Spain	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	40,378	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	40,563	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	40,775	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	41,433	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	42,205	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	42,869	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	43,672	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	44,370	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	45,246	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	45,993	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	46,378	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	46,573	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	46,746	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	46,777	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	46,603	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	46,465	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	46,420	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	46,460	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	46,543	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	46,739	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	47,116	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	47,366	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	47,342	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	47,625	6,291

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.

All data sources

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

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, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.