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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 SpainQatarLaos
40,3786275,286
40,5636595,397
40,7756915,499
41,4337245,578
42,2057575,654
42,8698505,746
43,6721,0015,836
44,3701,1535,931
45,2461,3066,035
45,9931,4606,145
46,3781,6156,257
46,5731,7706,368
46,7461,9046,477
46,7772,0106,586
46,6032,1036,695
46,4652,1876,804
46,4202,2616,912
46,4602,3267,019
46,5432,3847,127
46,7392,4357,234
47,1162,4807,343
47,3662,5197,452
47,3422,5537,560
47,6252,5597,666

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, Laos; the database as a whole is cited above.