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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	Lebanon	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	277	3,460	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	281	3,499	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	285	3,554	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	288	3,610	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	289	3,665	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	293	3,721	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	296	3,777	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	304	3,853	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	311	3,954	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	319	4,036	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	319	4,082	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	318	4,097	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	319	4,115	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	321	4,206	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	324	4,696	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	327	5,365	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	331	5,640	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	335	5,688	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	343	5,680	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	353	5,562	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	361	5,331	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	366	4,986	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	372	4,802	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	380	4,713	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.

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.

Lebanon

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.