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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 SpainOmanSri Lanka
40,3782,34819,354
40,5632,40319,610
40,7752,45719,838
41,4332,51020,060
42,2052,56220,297
42,8692,61320,529
43,6722,66320,703
44,3702,71320,917
45,2462,76421,120
45,9932,81621,315
46,3782,87121,503
46,5732,92821,713
46,7462,98621,918
46,7773,04722,120
46,6033,11022,320
46,4653,17422,517
46,4203,24022,711
46,4603,30722,899
46,5433,37523,080
46,7393,44423,254
47,1163,51223,420
47,3663,58223,579
47,3423,65123,732
47,6253,69623,796

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, Sri Lanka; the database as a whole is cited above.