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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 SpainParaguayLuxembourg
40,3785,366433
40,5635,473438
40,7755,579443
41,4335,683448
42,2055,786454
42,8695,886460
43,6725,984467
44,3706,080474
45,2466,173482
45,9936,264491
46,3786,352500
46,5736,438509
46,7466,522521
46,7776,605533
46,6036,688547
46,4656,769560
46,4206,850571
46,4606,930586
46,5437,012599
46,7397,095610
47,1167,179623
47,3667,263633
47,3427,348643
47,6257,432651

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 Paraguay, Luxembourg; the database as a whole is cited above.