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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Spain	Uganda	Barbados
Dec 31, 1999	40,378	23,408	273
Dec 31, 2000	40,563	24,195	274
Dec 31, 2001	40,775	24,992	275
Dec 31, 2002	41,433	25,846	276
Dec 31, 2003	42,205	26,661	278
Dec 31, 2004	42,869	27,414	279
Dec 31, 2005	43,672	28,200	280
Dec 31, 2006	44,370	29,021	281
Dec 31, 2007	45,246	29,846	282
Dec 31, 2008	45,993	30,647	283
Dec 31, 2009	46,378	31,469	285
Dec 31, 2010	46,573	32,343	286
Dec 31, 2011	46,746	33,257	287
Dec 31, 2012	46,777	34,234	288
Dec 31, 2013	46,603	35,271	289
Dec 31, 2014	46,465	36,419	290
Dec 31, 2015	46,420	37,673	291
Dec 31, 2016	46,460	39,157	291
Dec 31, 2017	46,543	40,879	292
Dec 31, 2018	46,739	42,329	293
Dec 31, 2019	47,116	43,639	294
Dec 31, 2020	47,366	45,120	294
Dec 31, 2021	47,342	46,645	295
Dec 31, 2022	47,625	48,065	295

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.

All data sources

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)

Uganda

1906-1950: Broadberry, S., & Gardner, L. (2022). Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1885–2008: Evidence from eight countries. Explorations in Economic History, 83, 101424.

No separate list is published for Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.