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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Congo - Kinshasa	Saudi Arabia
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	51,181	19,964
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	52,782	20,426
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	54,453	20,956
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	56,170	21,549
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	57,860	22,189
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	59,599	22,850
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	61,474	23,516
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	63,479	24,178
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	65,590	24,841
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	67,800	25,518
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	70,114	26,227
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	72,550	27,068
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	75,138	27,810
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	77,792	28,516
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	80,534	29,220
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	83,368	29,936
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	86,229	30,646
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	89,193	31,360
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	92,209	32,184
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	95,232	32,869
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	98,320	33,661
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	101,499	34,542
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	104,767	33,651
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	108,171	34,081

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)

Saudi Arabia

1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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