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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Bangladesh	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	132,907	387
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	135,207	390
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	137,420	393
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	139,573	396
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	141,650	398
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	143,644	401
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	145,546	404
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	147,376	405
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	149,047	406
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	150,562	409
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	152,189	412
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	153,927	414
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	155,634	416
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	157,326	420
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	158,999	426
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	160,650	435
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	162,273	445
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	163,938	455
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	165,655	468
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	167,358	485
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	169,045	504
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	170,709	516
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	172,354	518
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	174,217	530

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 Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.