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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Cape Verde
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	422
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	430
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	438
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	447
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	455
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	463
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	471
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	478
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	486
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	494
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	501
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	509
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	516
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	524
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	531
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	539
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	546
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	553
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	562
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	568
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	574
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	580
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	585
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	590

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 Cape Verde; the database as a whole is cited above.