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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 - KinshasaOman
40,37851,1812,348
40,56352,7822,403
40,77554,4532,457
41,43356,1702,510
42,20557,8602,562
42,86959,5992,613
43,67261,4742,663
44,37063,4792,713
45,24665,5902,764
45,99367,8002,816
46,37870,1142,871
46,57372,5502,928
46,74675,1382,986
46,77777,7923,047
46,60380,5343,110
46,46583,3683,174
46,42086,2293,240
46,46089,1933,307
46,54392,2093,375
46,73995,2323,444
47,11698,3203,512
47,366101,4993,582
47,342104,7673,651
47,625108,1713,696

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