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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 FasoDominica
40,37811,07570
40,56311,40571
40,77511,82871
41,43312,38072
42,20512,82972
42,86913,17872
43,67213,54072
44,37013,91772
45,24614,30972
45,99314,72273
46,37815,15273
46,57315,60073
46,74616,06473
46,77716,56373
46,60317,07273
46,46517,57573
46,42018,09474
46,46018,62174
46,54319,15774
46,73919,69874
47,11620,24275
47,36620,78875
47,34221,33676
47,62521,88976

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, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.