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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 SpainOmanMadagascar
40,3782,34815,259
40,5632,40315,707
40,7752,45716,162
41,4332,51016,631
42,2052,56217,114
42,8692,61317,610
43,6722,66318,120
44,3702,71318,641
45,2462,76419,173
45,9932,81619,717
46,3782,87120,272
46,5732,92820,837
46,7462,98621,413
46,7773,04721,999
46,6033,11022,593
46,4653,17423,196
46,4203,24023,806
46,4603,30724,423
46,5433,37525,044
46,7393,44425,671
47,1163,51226,302
47,3663,58226,936
47,3423,65127,573
47,6253,69628,237

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