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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	Malta	Spain	Moldova
Dec 31, 1999	273	387	40,378	4,244
Dec 31, 2000	274	390	40,563	4,199
Dec 31, 2001	275	393	40,775	4,154
Dec 31, 2002	276	396	41,433	4,108
Dec 31, 2003	278	398	42,205	4,059
Dec 31, 2004	279	401	42,869	4,013
Dec 31, 2005	280	404	43,672	3,966
Dec 31, 2006	281	405	44,370	3,919
Dec 31, 2007	282	406	45,246	3,873
Dec 31, 2008	283	409	45,993	3,829
Dec 31, 2009	285	412	46,378	3,788
Dec 31, 2010	286	414	46,573	3,748
Dec 31, 2011	287	416	46,746	3,709
Dec 31, 2012	288	420	46,777	3,671
Dec 31, 2013	289	426	46,603	3,633
Dec 31, 2014	290	435	46,465	3,595
Dec 31, 2015	291	445	46,420	3,558
Dec 31, 2016	291	455	46,460	3,522
Dec 31, 2017	292	468	46,543	3,485
Dec 31, 2018	293	485	46,739	3,448
Dec 31, 2019	294	504	47,116	3,412
Dec 31, 2020	294	516	47,366	3,376
Dec 31, 2021	295	518	47,342	3,339
Dec 31, 2022	295	530	47,625	3,570

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, Malta, Moldova; the database as a whole is cited above.