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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Albania	Romania	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	3,085	22,414	273
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	3,065	22,262	274
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	3,047	22,106	275
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	3,038	21,931	276
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	3,026	21,828	278
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	3,014	21,704	279
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	2,998	21,571	280
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	2,979	21,443	281
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	2,957	21,129	282
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	2,934	20,779	283
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	2,915	20,607	285
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	2,900	20,485	286
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	2,892	20,385	287
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	2,888	20,296	288
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	2,882	20,224	289
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	2,876	20,151	290
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	2,868	20,055	291
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	2,863	19,938	291
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	2,861	19,823	292
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	2,854	19,713	293
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	2,842	19,622	294
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	2,825	19,496	294
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	2,799	19,351	295
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	2,787	19,266	295

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.

All data sources

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)

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

No separate list is published for Albania, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.