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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United Kingdom	Spain	Ecuador
Dec 31, 1999	58,946	40,378	12,268
Dec 31, 2000	59,149	40,563	12,446
Dec 31, 2001	59,377	40,775	12,629
Dec 31, 2002	59,631	41,433	12,827
Dec 31, 2003	59,903	42,205	13,074
Dec 31, 2004	60,217	42,869	13,368
Dec 31, 2005	60,682	43,672	13,661
Dec 31, 2006	61,098	44,370	13,915
Dec 31, 2007	61,593	45,246	14,133
Dec 31, 2008	62,100	45,993	14,352
Dec 31, 2009	62,539	46,378	14,569
Dec 31, 2010	63,040	46,573	14,786
Dec 31, 2011	63,567	46,746	15,002
Dec 31, 2012	63,989	46,777	15,218
Dec 31, 2013	64,392	46,603	15,433
Dec 31, 2014	64,885	46,465	15,647
Dec 31, 2015	65,400	46,420	15,860
Dec 31, 2016	65,941	46,460	16,072
Dec 31, 2017	66,335	46,543	16,282
Dec 31, 2018	66,732	46,739	16,489
Dec 31, 2019	67,095	47,116	16,693
Dec 31, 2020	67,380	47,366	16,894
Dec 31, 2021	67,651	47,342	17,093
Dec 31, 2022	68,093	47,625	17,288

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

United Kingdom

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
1252–1700 (England): Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1700–1870: Broadberry, S.N., B. Campbell, A. Klein, M. Overton and B. van Leeuwen (2015), British Economic Growth 1270-1870 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1870-1950: C.H. Feinstein, National Income Expenditure and Output of the United Kingdom 1855-1965, Cambridge, 1972

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)

Ecuador

1833-1938: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data). We use the growth rate between 1933 and 1938 from Prados de la Escosura (2009) and link that to the 1939 level of Maddison’s original estimates.