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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 - KinshasaPalestinian TerritoriesSpain
51,1812,99640,378
52,7823,07540,563
54,4533,15540,775
56,1703,23541,433
57,8603,31542,205
59,5993,39642,869
61,4743,47843,672
63,4793,55944,370
65,5903,64245,246
67,8003,72745,993
70,1143,81746,378
72,5503,90746,573
75,1383,99746,746
77,7924,08846,777
80,5344,17846,603
83,3684,26946,465
86,2294,35946,420
89,1934,45146,460
92,2094,53346,543
95,2324,61546,739
98,3204,71547,116
101,4994,82047,366
104,7674,93047,342
108,1715,04247,625

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, Palestinian Territories; the database as a whole is cited above.