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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Dominica	Spain	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	70	40,378	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	71	40,563	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	71	40,775	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	72	41,433	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	72	42,205	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	72	42,869	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	72	43,672	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	72	44,370	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	72	45,246	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	73	45,993	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	73	46,378	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	73	46,573	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	73	46,746	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	73	46,777	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	73	46,603	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	73	46,465	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	74	46,420	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	74	46,460	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	74	46,543	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	74	46,739	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	75	47,116	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	75	47,366	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	76	47,342	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	76	47,625	6,291

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 Dominica, Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.