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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	Dominica	Burkina Faso	Oman	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	70	11,075	2,348	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	71	11,405	2,403	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	71	11,828	2,457	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	72	12,380	2,510	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	72	12,829	2,562	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	72	13,178	2,613	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	72	13,540	2,663	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	72	13,917	2,713	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	72	14,309	2,764	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	73	14,722	2,816	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	73	15,152	2,871	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	73	15,600	2,928	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	73	16,064	2,986	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	73	16,563	3,047	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	73	17,072	3,110	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	73	17,575	3,174	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	74	18,094	3,240	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	74	18,621	3,307	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	74	19,157	3,375	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	74	19,698	3,444	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	75	20,242	3,512	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	75	20,788	3,582	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	76	21,336	3,651	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	76	21,889	3,696	47,625

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