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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 & HerzegovinaLaos
40,3783,8115,286
40,5633,9015,397
40,7753,9195,499
41,4333,9235,578
42,2053,9405,654
42,8693,9755,746
43,6723,9915,836
44,3703,9935,931
45,2463,9906,035
45,9933,9876,145
46,3783,9856,257
46,5733,9836,368
46,7463,9806,477
46,7773,9776,586
46,6033,9736,695
46,4653,9686,804
46,4203,9636,912
46,4603,9577,019
46,5433,9517,127
46,7393,9447,234
47,1163,9377,343
47,3663,9297,452
47,3423,9217,560
47,6253,8767,666

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 Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.