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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	Denmark
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	40,378	5,322
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	40,563	5,339
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	40,775	5,358
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	41,433	5,377
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	42,205	5,391
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	42,869	5,404
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	43,672	5,420
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	44,370	5,438
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	45,246	5,461
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	45,993	5,494
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	46,378	5,524
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	46,573	5,548
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	46,746	5,571
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	46,777	5,592
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	46,603	5,614
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	46,465	5,644
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	46,420	5,683
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	46,460	5,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	46,543	5,766
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	46,739	5,795
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	47,116	5,818
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	47,366	5,831
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	47,342	5,855
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	47,625	5,907

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