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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 Dominican RepublicBosnia & HerzegovinaSpain
8,1753,81140,378
8,3013,90140,563
8,4273,91940,775
8,5533,92341,433
8,6783,94042,205
8,8013,97542,869
8,9243,99143,672
9,0443,99344,370
9,1643,99045,246
9,2813,98745,993
9,3983,98546,378
9,5123,98346,573
9,6273,98046,746
9,7423,97746,777
9,8553,97346,603
9,9653,96846,465
10,0723,96346,420
10,1773,95746,460
10,2813,95146,543
10,3853,94446,739
10,4873,93747,116
10,5873,92947,366
10,6863,92147,342
10,7933,87647,625

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Dominican Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.