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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 FasoHaiti
40,37811,0758,121
40,56311,4058,279
40,77511,8288,430
41,43312,3808,580
42,20512,8298,739
42,86913,1788,900
43,67213,5409,061
44,37013,9179,216
45,24614,3099,364
45,99314,7229,508
46,37815,1529,652
46,57315,6009,553
46,74616,0649,670
46,77716,5639,793
46,60317,0729,922
46,46517,57510,047
46,42018,09410,254
46,46018,62110,486
46,54319,15710,647
46,73919,69810,788
47,11620,24210,933
47,36620,78811,077
47,34221,33611,215
47,62521,88911,349

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