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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaBarbadosSpain
51,18127340,378
52,78227440,563
54,45327540,775
56,17027641,433
57,86027842,205
59,59927942,869
61,47428043,672
63,47928144,370
65,59028245,246
67,80028345,993
70,11428546,378
72,55028646,573
75,13828746,746
77,79228846,777
80,53428946,603
83,36829046,465
86,22929146,420
89,19329146,460
92,20929246,543
95,23229346,739
98,32029447,116
101,49929447,366
104,76729547,342
108,17129547,625

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.