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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 SpainOmanHong Kong SAR China
40,3782,3486,587
40,5632,4036,646
40,7752,4576,695
41,4332,5106,725
42,2052,5626,712
42,8692,6136,765
43,6722,6636,794
44,3702,7136,838
45,2462,7646,897
45,9932,8166,938
46,3782,8716,953
46,5732,9287,004
46,7462,9867,052
46,7773,0477,130
46,6033,1107,159
46,4653,1747,209
46,4203,2407,271
46,4603,3077,316
46,5433,3757,372
46,7393,4447,432
47,1163,5127,487
47,3663,5827,460
47,3423,6517,392
47,6253,6967,387

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, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.