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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 SpainQatarMalta
40,378627387
40,563659390
40,775691393
41,433724396
42,205757398
42,869850401
43,6721,001404
44,3701,153405
45,2461,306406
45,9931,460409
46,3781,615412
46,5731,770414
46,7461,904416
46,7772,010420
46,6032,103426
46,4652,187435
46,4202,261445
46,4602,326455
46,5432,384468
46,7392,435485
47,1162,480504
47,3662,519516
47,3422,553518
47,6252,559530

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