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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	Dominica
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	2,348	70
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	2,403	71
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	2,457	71
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	2,510	72
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	2,562	72
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	2,613	72
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	2,663	72
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	2,713	72
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	2,764	72
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	2,816	73
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	2,871	73
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	2,928	73
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	2,986	73
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	3,047	73
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	3,110	73
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	3,174	73
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	3,240	74
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	3,307	74
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	3,375	74
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	3,444	74
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	3,512	75
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	3,582	75
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	3,651	76
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	3,696	76

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, Dominica; the database as a whole is cited above.