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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 SpainQatarCongo - Kinshasa
40,37862751,181
40,56365952,782
40,77569154,453
41,43372456,170
42,20575757,860
42,86985059,599
43,6721,00161,474
44,3701,15363,479
45,2461,30665,590
45,9931,46067,800
46,3781,61570,114
46,5731,77072,550
46,7461,90475,138
46,7772,01077,792
46,6032,10380,534
46,4652,18783,368
46,4202,26186,229
46,4602,32689,193
46,5432,38492,209
46,7392,43595,232
47,1162,48098,320
47,3662,519101,499
47,3422,553104,767
47,6252,559108,171

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 Qatar, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.