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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	Oman	Burkina Faso	Malta
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	2,348	11,075	387
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	2,403	11,405	390
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	2,457	11,828	393
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	2,510	12,380	396
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	2,562	12,829	398
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	2,613	13,178	401
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	2,663	13,540	404
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	2,713	13,917	405
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	2,764	14,309	406
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	2,816	14,722	409
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	2,871	15,152	412
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	2,928	15,600	414
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	2,986	16,064	416
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	3,047	16,563	420
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	3,110	17,072	426
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	3,174	17,575	435
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	3,240	18,094	445
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	3,307	18,621	455
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	3,375	19,157	468
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	3,444	19,698	485
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	3,512	20,242	504
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	3,582	20,788	516
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	3,651	21,336	518
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	3,696	21,889	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.

All data sources

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, Burkina Faso, Malta; the database as a whole is cited above.