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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	Yemen	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	273	16,728	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	274	17,236	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	275	17,762	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	276	18,310	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	278	18,855	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	279	19,410	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	280	20,000	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	281	20,611	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	282	21,236	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	283	21,878	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	285	22,533	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	286	23,195	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	287	23,880	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	288	24,594	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	289	25,311	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	290	26,020	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	291	26,698	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	291	27,347	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	292	27,985	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	293	28,608	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	294	29,216	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	294	29,811	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	295	30,399	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	295	31,058	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, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.