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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Oman	Colombia
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	2,348	38,365
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	2,403	38,911
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	2,457	39,411
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	2,510	39,918
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	2,562	40,416
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	2,613	40,899
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	2,663	41,374
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	2,713	41,862
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	2,764	42,324
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	2,816	42,781
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	2,871	43,264
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	2,928	43,771
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	2,986	44,225
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	3,047	44,660
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	3,110	45,081
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	3,174	45,846
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	3,240	46,290
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	3,307	46,796
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	3,375	47,385
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	3,444	48,222
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	3,512	49,326
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	3,582	50,283
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	3,651	50,978
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	3,696	51,332

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)

Colombia

1800 - 1870: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307 (updated data)
1870 - 1923: Bertola, L and Ocampo, J.A. (2012) The Economic Development of Latin America since Independence. Oxford, Oxford U.P.
1929 - 1950: CEPAL, Series Historicas del Crecimiento de America Latina, Santiago, 1978

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.