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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 SpainOmanAfghanistan
40,3782,34822,206
40,5632,40322,461
40,7752,45722,507
41,4332,51023,600
42,2052,56225,005
42,8692,61325,698
43,6722,66326,335
44,3702,71327,154
45,2462,76427,387
45,9932,81627,706
46,3782,87128,484
46,5732,92829,121
46,7462,98629,758
46,7773,04730,420
46,6033,11031,108
46,4653,17431,823
46,4203,24032,564
46,4603,30733,332
46,5433,37534,125
46,7393,44434,941
47,1163,51235,972
47,3663,58237,034
47,3423,65138,127
47,6253,69639,252

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 Oman, Afghanistan; the database as a whole is cited above.