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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 FasoTrinidad & Tobago
40,37811,0751,301
40,56311,4051,303
40,77511,8281,308
41,43312,3801,314
42,20512,8291,320
42,86913,1781,326
43,67213,5401,332
44,37013,9171,338
45,24614,3091,344
45,99314,7221,352
46,37815,1521,359
46,57315,6001,365
46,74616,0641,372
46,77716,5631,379
46,60317,0721,386
46,46517,5751,392
46,42018,0941,399
46,46018,6211,405
46,54319,1571,411
46,73919,6981,436
47,11620,2421,452
47,36620,7881,448
47,34221,3361,450
47,62521,8891,456

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, Trinidad & Tobago; the database as a whole is cited above.