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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 SpainBarbadosYemen
40,37827316,728
40,56327417,236
40,77527517,762
41,43327618,310
42,20527818,855
42,86927919,410
43,67228020,000
44,37028120,611
45,24628221,236
45,99328321,878
46,37828522,533
46,57328623,195
46,74628723,880
46,77728824,594
46,60328925,311
46,46529026,020
46,42029126,698
46,46029127,347
46,54329227,985
46,73929328,608
47,11629429,216
47,36629429,811
47,34229530,399
47,62529531,058

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 Barbados, Yemen; the database as a whole is cited above.