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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	Congo - Kinshasa	Burkina Faso	Spain	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	51,181	11,075	40,378	273
Dec 31, 2000	52,782	11,405	40,563	274
Dec 31, 2001	54,453	11,828	40,775	275
Dec 31, 2002	56,170	12,380	41,433	276
Dec 31, 2003	57,860	12,829	42,205	278
Dec 31, 2004	59,599	13,178	42,869	279
Dec 31, 2005	61,474	13,540	43,672	280
Dec 31, 2006	63,479	13,917	44,370	281
Dec 31, 2007	65,590	14,309	45,246	282
Dec 31, 2008	67,800	14,722	45,993	283
Dec 31, 2009	70,114	15,152	46,378	285
Dec 31, 2010	72,550	15,600	46,573	286
Dec 31, 2011	75,138	16,064	46,746	287
Dec 31, 2012	77,792	16,563	46,777	288
Dec 31, 2013	80,534	17,072	46,603	289
Dec 31, 2014	83,368	17,575	46,465	290
Dec 31, 2015	86,229	18,094	46,420	291
Dec 31, 2016	89,193	18,621	46,460	291
Dec 31, 2017	92,209	19,157	46,543	292
Dec 31, 2018	95,232	19,698	46,739	293
Dec 31, 2019	98,320	20,242	47,116	294
Dec 31, 2020	101,499	20,788	47,366	294
Dec 31, 2021	104,767	21,336	47,342	295
Dec 31, 2022	108,171	21,889	47,625	295

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