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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 RepublicCongo - KinshasaSpain
8,17551,18140,378
8,30152,78240,563
8,42754,45340,775
8,55356,17041,433
8,67857,86042,205
8,80159,59942,869
8,92461,47443,672
9,04463,47944,370
9,16465,59045,246
9,28167,80045,993
9,39870,11446,378
9,51272,55046,573
9,62775,13846,746
9,74277,79246,777
9,85580,53446,603
9,96583,36846,465
10,07286,22946,420
10,17789,19346,460
10,28192,20946,543
10,38595,23246,739
10,48798,32047,116
10,587101,49947,366
10,686104,76747,342
10,793108,17147,625

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 Dominican Republic, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.