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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 EmiratesCongo - Kinshasa
40,3783,10151,181
40,5633,28452,782
40,7753,45854,453
41,4333,61356,170
42,2053,75457,860
42,8693,88259,599
43,6724,00061,474
44,3704,53263,479
45,2465,62365,590
45,9937,27767,800
46,3788,16470,114
46,5738,15272,550
46,7468,43875,138
46,7778,74777,792
46,6039,07780,534
46,4659,32183,368
46,4209,46186,229
46,4609,58789,193
46,5439,69992,209
46,7399,79695,232
47,1169,87998,320
47,3669,953101,499
47,34210,018104,767
47,62510,099108,171

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