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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Oman	Norway
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	2,348	4,463
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	2,403	4,492
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	2,457	4,515
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	2,510	4,539
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	2,562	4,566
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	2,613	4,593
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	2,663	4,624
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	2,713	4,662
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	2,764	4,710
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	2,816	4,769
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	2,871	4,830
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	2,928	4,890
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	2,986	4,954
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	3,047	5,020
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	3,110	5,081
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	3,174	5,138
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	3,240	5,191
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	3,307	5,237
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	3,375	5,278
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	3,444	5,313
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	3,512	5,349
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	3,582	5,380
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	3,651	5,409
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	3,696	5,458

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)

Norway

1820–1930: Grytten, O.H. (2015). Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 1930, Norges Bank Working paper 19/2015. Population from Maddison (2006)
1930-1950: Central Bureau of Statistics Norway, 1970 and Maddison, A. Monintoring the World Economy, 1995

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