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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	Latvia
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	2,386
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	2,363
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	2,333
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	2,306
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	2,284
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	2,259
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	2,235
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	2,215
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	2,197
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	2,174
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	2,138
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	2,093
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	2,055
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	2,030
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	2,009
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	1,991
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	1,974
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	1,956
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	1,938
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	1,923
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	1,910
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	1,897
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	1,880
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	1,883

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 Latvia; the database as a whole is cited above.