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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Ecuador	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	12,268	387
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	12,446	390
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	12,629	393
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	12,827	396
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	13,074	398
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	13,368	401
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	13,661	404
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	13,915	405
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	14,133	406
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	14,352	409
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	14,569	412
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	14,786	414
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	15,002	416
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	15,218	420
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	15,433	426
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	15,647	435
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	15,860	445
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	16,072	455
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	16,282	468
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	16,489	485
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	16,693	504
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	16,894	516
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	17,093	518
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	17,288	530

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)

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.

No separate list is published for Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.