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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 SpainSudanOman
40,37826,1682,348
40,56326,7712,403
40,77527,3872,457
41,43328,0172,510
42,20528,6622,562
42,86929,3212,613
43,67229,9962,663
44,37030,6862,713
45,24631,3932,764
45,99332,1372,816
46,37833,0782,871
46,57333,8912,928
46,74634,5682,986
46,77735,2933,047
46,60336,0933,110
46,46537,0583,174
46,42038,1653,240
46,46039,2943,307
46,54340,5123,375
46,73941,7643,444
47,11642,9523,512
47,36644,1213,582
47,34245,2903,651
47,62546,4983,696

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 Sudan, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.