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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Burkina Faso	France
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	11,075	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	11,405	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	11,828	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	12,380	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	12,829	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	13,178	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	13,540	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	13,917	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	14,309	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	14,722	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	15,152	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	15,600	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	16,064	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	16,563	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	17,072	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	17,575	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	18,094	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	18,621	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	19,157	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	19,698	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	20,242	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	20,788	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	21,336	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	21,889	68,387

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)

France

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
1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

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