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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 SpainDenmarkBarbados
40,3785,322273
40,5635,339274
40,7755,358275
41,4335,377276
42,2055,391278
42,8695,404279
43,6725,420280
44,3705,438281
45,2465,461282
45,9935,494283
46,3785,524285
46,5735,548286
46,7465,571287
46,7775,592288
46,6035,614289
46,4655,644290
46,4205,683291
46,4605,730291
46,5435,766292
46,7395,795293
47,1165,818294
47,3665,831294
47,3425,855295
47,6255,907295

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 Denmark, Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.