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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 SpainBangladeshLuxembourg
40,378132,907433
40,563135,207438
40,775137,420443
41,433139,573448
42,205141,650454
42,869143,644460
43,672145,546467
44,370147,376474
45,246149,047482
45,993150,562491
46,378152,189500
46,573153,927509
46,746155,634521
46,777157,326533
46,603158,999547
46,465160,650560
46,420162,273571
46,460163,938586
46,543165,655599
46,739167,358610
47,116169,045623
47,366170,709633
47,342172,354643
47,625174,217651

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)

Bangladesh

  • 1900-1950: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

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