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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 SpainCongo - KinshasaChile
40,37851,18115,140
40,56352,78215,340
40,77554,45315,513
41,43356,17015,686
42,20557,86015,859
42,86959,59916,029
43,67261,47416,222
44,37063,47916,364
45,24665,59016,536
45,99367,80016,700
46,37870,11416,864
46,57372,55016,999
46,74675,13817,189
46,77777,79217,378
46,60380,53417,545
46,46583,36817,720
46,42086,22917,904
46,46089,19318,099
46,54392,20918,350
46,73995,23218,681
47,11698,32019,035
47,366101,49919,385
47,342104,76719,604
47,625108,17119,715

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)

Chile

  • 1810–2004: Díaz, J.B. Lüders, R. and Wagner, G. (2007) Economia Chilena 1810 - 2000, Producto total y sectorial una nueva mirada, Pontificia universidad Catolica de Chile, Insituto de Economia, Documeno de Trabajo no. 315

No separate list is published for Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.