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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 - KinshasaGuinea
40,37851,1817,610
40,56352,7827,780
40,77554,4537,821
41,43356,1707,906
42,20557,8608,121
42,86959,5998,317
43,67261,4748,478
44,37063,4798,650
45,24665,5908,860
45,99367,8009,091
46,37870,1149,327
46,57372,5509,571
46,74675,1389,825
46,77777,79210,084
46,60380,53410,351
46,46583,36810,632
46,42086,22910,924
46,46089,19311,225
46,54392,20911,534
46,73995,23211,855
47,11698,32012,160
47,366101,49912,469
47,342104,76712,778
47,625108,17113,087

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 Congo - Kinshasa, Guinea; the database as a whole is cited above.