Skip to content
ChartBasis
Choose a language: English

Population, long-run history: compare countries

See Population, long-run history for up to four countries side by side.

Countries being compared

Add a country

Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date Congo - KinshasaOmanSpain
51,1812,34840,378
52,7822,40340,563
54,4532,45740,775
56,1702,51041,433
57,8602,56242,205
59,5992,61342,869
61,4742,66343,672
63,4792,71344,370
65,5902,76445,246
67,8002,81645,993
70,1142,87146,378
72,5502,92846,573
75,1382,98646,746
77,7923,04746,777
80,5343,11046,603
83,3683,17446,465
86,2293,24046,420
89,1933,30746,460
92,2093,37546,543
95,2323,44446,739
98,3203,51247,116
101,4993,58247,366
104,7673,65147,342
108,1713,69647,625

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

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