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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Burkina Faso	Liberia
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	11,075	2,741
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	11,405	2,847
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	11,828	2,917
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	12,380	2,978
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	12,829	2,983
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	13,178	3,005
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	13,540	3,138
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	13,917	3,311
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	14,309	3,469
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	14,722	3,603
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	15,152	3,708
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	15,600	3,817
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	16,064	3,984
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	16,563	4,141
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	17,072	4,244
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	17,575	4,348
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	18,094	4,460
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	18,621	4,576
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	19,157	4,689
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	19,698	4,810
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	20,242	4,904
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	20,788	5,005
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	21,336	5,109
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	21,889	5,216

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)

Liberia

1845-1950: Gardner, L. (2022). Sovereignty without Power: Liberia in the Age of Empires, 1822-1980. Cambridge University Press.

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