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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 SpainBosnia & HerzegovinaBurkina Faso
40,3783,81111,075
40,5633,90111,405
40,7753,91911,828
41,4333,92312,380
42,2053,94012,829
42,8693,97513,178
43,6723,99113,540
44,3703,99313,917
45,2463,99014,309
45,9933,98714,722
46,3783,98515,152
46,5733,98315,600
46,7463,98016,064
46,7773,97716,563
46,6033,97317,072
46,4653,96817,575
46,4203,96318,094
46,4603,95718,621
46,5433,95119,157
46,7393,94419,698
47,1163,93720,242
47,3663,92920,788
47,3423,92121,336
47,6253,87621,889

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)

Bosnia & Herzegovina

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

No separate list is published for Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.