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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 SpainOmanSierra Leone
40,3782,3483,736
40,5632,4033,809
40,7752,4574,043
41,4332,5104,287
42,2052,5624,466
42,8692,6134,602
43,6722,6634,708
44,3702,7134,818
45,2462,7644,918
45,9932,8165,023
46,3782,8715,132
46,5732,9285,246
46,7462,9865,364
46,7773,0475,486
46,6033,1105,613
46,4653,1745,744
46,4203,2405,879
46,4603,3076,019
46,5433,3756,163
46,7393,4446,312
47,1163,5126,461
47,3663,5826,611
47,3423,6516,761
47,6253,6966,910

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, Sierra Leone; the database as a whole is cited above.