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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 SpainBurkina FasoAzerbaijan
40,37811,0758,056
40,56311,4058,127
40,77511,8288,194
41,43312,3808,257
42,20512,8298,319
42,86913,1788,391
43,67213,5408,475
44,37013,9178,565
45,24614,3098,657
45,99314,7228,750
46,37815,1528,842
46,57315,6008,933
46,74616,0649,025
46,77716,5639,117
46,60317,0729,210
46,46517,5759,302
46,42018,0949,393
46,46018,6219,481
46,54319,1579,567
46,73919,6989,649
47,11620,2429,727
47,36620,7889,802
47,34221,3369,874
47,62521,8899,918

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 Burkina Faso, Azerbaijan; the database as a whole is cited above.