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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 SpainMoldovaMali
40,3784,24410,596
40,5634,19910,833
40,7754,15410,890
41,4334,10811,007
42,2054,05911,307
42,8694,01311,579
43,6723,96611,804
44,3703,91912,043
45,2463,87312,337
45,9933,82912,657
46,3783,78812,986
46,5733,74813,325
46,7463,70913,679
46,7773,67114,040
46,6033,63314,412
46,4653,59514,803
46,4203,55815,210
46,4603,52215,629
46,5433,48516,060
46,7393,44816,507
47,1163,41216,967
47,3663,37617,442
47,3423,33917,930
47,6253,57018,494

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 Moldova, Mali; the database as a whole is cited above.