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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Oman	Netherlands
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	2,348	15,817
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	2,403	15,932
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	2,457	16,052
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	2,510	16,155
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	2,562	16,231
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	2,613	16,288
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	2,663	16,326
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	2,713	16,352
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	2,764	16,388
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	2,816	16,452
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	2,871	16,536
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	2,928	16,621
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	2,986	16,699
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	3,047	16,761
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	3,110	16,810
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	3,174	16,871
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	3,240	16,946
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	3,307	17,036
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	3,375	17,137
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	3,444	17,238
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	3,512	17,351
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	3,582	17,448
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	3,651	17,539
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	3,696	17,709

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)

Netherlands

1348–1807 (Holland): Van Zanden, J. L. and van Leeuwen, B. (2012), ‘Persistent but not consistent: the growth of national income in Holland 1347–1807’, Explorations in Economic History, 49 (2012), pp. 119–30.
1807-1913: Smits, J.P., E. Horlings and J.L. van Zanden (2000). The Measurement of Gross National Product and its Components 1800-1913 (Groningen Growth and Development Centre Monograph series no 5).
1913-1950: C.A. van Bochove and T.A. Huitker, "Main National Accounting Series, 1900-1986", CBS Occasional Paper, No. 17, The Hague, 1987.

No separate list is published for Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.