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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 SpainOmanGuinea
40,3782,3487,610
40,5632,4037,780
40,7752,4577,821
41,4332,5107,906
42,2052,5628,121
42,8692,6138,317
43,6722,6638,478
44,3702,7138,650
45,2462,7648,860
45,9932,8169,091
46,3782,8719,327
46,5732,9289,571
46,7462,9869,825
46,7773,04710,084
46,6033,11010,351
46,4653,17410,632
46,4203,24010,924
46,4603,30711,225
46,5433,37511,534
46,7393,44411,855
47,1163,51212,160
47,3663,58212,469
47,3423,65112,778
47,6253,69613,087

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