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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Central African Republic
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	3,889
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	3,980
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	4,054
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	4,128
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	4,215
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	4,289
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	4,363
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	4,449
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	4,544
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	4,641
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	4,742
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	4,845
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	4,950
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	5,057
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	5,167
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	5,278
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	5,392
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	5,507
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	5,625
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	5,745
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	5,874
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	6,025
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	6,154
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	6,291

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 Central African Republic; the database as a whole is cited above.