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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	Laos	Spain	Puerto Rico
Dec 31, 1999	273	5,286	40,378	3,800
Dec 31, 2000	274	5,397	40,563	3,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	5,499	40,775	3,819
Dec 31, 2002	276	5,578	41,433	3,824
Dec 31, 2003	278	5,654	42,205	3,826
Dec 31, 2004	279	5,746	42,869	3,827
Dec 31, 2005	280	5,836	43,672	3,822
Dec 31, 2006	281	5,931	44,370	3,805
Dec 31, 2007	282	6,035	45,246	3,783
Dec 31, 2008	283	6,145	45,993	3,761
Dec 31, 2009	285	6,257	46,378	3,741
Dec 31, 2010	286	6,368	46,573	3,722
Dec 31, 2011	287	6,477	46,746	3,679
Dec 31, 2012	288	6,586	46,777	3,636
Dec 31, 2013	289	6,695	46,603	3,589
Dec 31, 2014	290	6,804	46,465	3,534
Dec 31, 2015	291	6,912	46,420	3,473
Dec 31, 2016	291	7,019	46,460	3,411
Dec 31, 2017	292	7,127	46,543	3,352
Dec 31, 2018	293	7,234	46,739	3,295
Dec 31, 2019	294	7,343	47,116	3,268
Dec 31, 2020	294	7,452	47,366	3,247
Dec 31, 2021	295	7,560	47,342	3,232
Dec 31, 2022	295	7,666	47,625	3,228

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

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, Laos, Puerto Rico; the database as a whole is cited above.