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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 SpainOmanCambodia
40,3782,34812,122
40,5632,40312,317
40,7752,45712,504
41,4332,51012,691
42,2052,56212,881
42,8692,61313,076
43,6722,66313,276
44,3702,71313,461
45,2462,76413,630
45,9932,81613,808
46,3782,87113,990
46,5732,92814,162
46,7462,98614,322
46,7773,04714,480
46,6033,11014,637
46,4653,17414,793
46,4203,24014,994
46,4603,30715,238
46,5433,37515,480
46,7393,44415,717
47,1163,51215,944
47,3663,58216,149
47,3423,65116,338
47,6253,69616,514

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