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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 SpainOmanCongo - Kinshasa
40,3782,34851,181
40,5632,40352,782
40,7752,45754,453
41,4332,51056,170
42,2052,56257,860
42,8692,61359,599
43,6722,66361,474
44,3702,71363,479
45,2462,76465,590
45,9932,81667,800
46,3782,87170,114
46,5732,92872,550
46,7462,98675,138
46,7773,04777,792
46,6033,11080,534
46,4653,17483,368
46,4203,24086,229
46,4603,30789,193
46,5433,37592,209
46,7393,44495,232
47,1163,51298,320
47,3663,582101,499
47,3423,651104,767
47,6253,696108,171

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, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.