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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Chile	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	15,140	273
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	15,340	274
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	15,513	275
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	15,686	276
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	15,859	278
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	16,029	279
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	16,222	280
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	16,364	281
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	16,536	282
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	16,700	283
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	16,864	285
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	16,999	286
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	17,189	287
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	17,378	288
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	17,545	289
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	17,720	290
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	17,904	291
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	18,099	291
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	18,350	292
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	18,681	293
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	19,035	294
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	19,385	294
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	19,604	295
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	19,715	295

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.