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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 - KinshasaSpainMoldova
51,18140,3784,244
52,78240,5634,199
54,45340,7754,154
56,17041,4334,108
57,86042,2054,059
59,59942,8694,013
61,47443,6723,966
63,47944,3703,919
65,59045,2463,873
67,80045,9933,829
70,11446,3783,788
72,55046,5733,748
75,13846,7463,709
77,79246,7773,671
80,53446,6033,633
83,36846,4653,595
86,22946,4203,558
89,19346,4603,522
92,20946,5433,485
95,23246,7393,448
98,32047,1163,412
101,49947,3663,376
104,76747,3423,339
108,17147,6253,570

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.

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