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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 SpainUnited Arab EmiratesBarbados
40,3783,101273
40,5633,284274
40,7753,458275
41,4333,613276
42,2053,754278
42,8693,882279
43,6724,000280
44,3704,532281
45,2465,623282
45,9937,277283
46,3788,164285
46,5738,152286
46,7468,438287
46,7778,747288
46,6039,077289
46,4659,321290
46,4209,461291
46,4609,587291
46,5439,699292
46,7399,796293
47,1169,879294
47,3669,953294
47,34210,018295
47,62510,099295

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 United Arab Emirates, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.