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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	Morocco	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	28,400	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	28,744	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	29,094	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	29,447	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	29,806	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	30,169	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	30,552	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	30,953	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	31,354	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	31,754	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	32,154	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	32,553	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	32,951	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	33,346	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	33,737	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	34,124	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	34,511	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	34,898	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	35,279	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	35,653	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	36,018	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	36,375	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	36,723	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	37,101	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

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