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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	Romania	Türkiye	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	22,414	65,020	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	22,262	65,949	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	22,106	66,869	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	21,931	67,728	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	21,828	68,541	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	21,704	69,366	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	21,571	70,224	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	21,443	71,106	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,129	71,992	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	20,779	72,909	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	20,607	73,922	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	20,485	75,054	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	20,385	76,164	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	20,296	77,141	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	20,224	78,138	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	20,151	79,199	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	20,055	80,262	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	19,938	81,350	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,823	82,412	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,713	83,535	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	19,622	84,737	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	19,496	85,564	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	19,351	86,346	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	19,266	87,201	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

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

Türkiye

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
700 - 1820: Pamuk, Ş. and M. Shatzmiller (2011). “Real Wages and GDP per capita in the Medieval Islamic Middle East in Comparative Perspective, 700-1500”, paper presented at the 9th Conference of the European Historical Economics Society, Dublin, September 2-3, 2011; Milanovic, B. (2006), “An estimate of average income and inequality in Byzantium around year 1000,” Review of Income and Wealth 52 (3).
1500-1820: Pamuk, S. (2009). “Estimating GDP per capita for the Ottoman Empire in a European Comparative Framework, 1500-1820”, paper presented at the XVth World Economic History Congress, August 2009, Utrecht
182, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995
1923-48: T. Bulutay, Y.S. Tezel and N. Yielderim, Turkiye Milli Geliri 1923-1948, Ankara, 1974.

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.