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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Eswatini
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	1,033
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	1,032
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	1,030
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	1,028
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	1,026
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	1,025
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	1,023
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	1,021
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	1,019
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	1,017
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	1,017
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	1,019
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	1,024
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	1,032
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	1,041
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	1,051
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	1,060
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	1,069
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	1,078
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	1,087
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	1,096
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	1,106
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	1,117
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	1,126

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 Eswatini; the database as a whole is cited above.