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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	Iceland	Barbados	Romania	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	277	273	22,414	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	281	274	22,262	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	285	275	22,106	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	288	276	21,931	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	289	278	21,828	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	293	279	21,704	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	296	280	21,571	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	304	281	21,443	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	311	282	21,129	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	319	283	20,779	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	319	285	20,607	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	318	286	20,485	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	319	287	20,385	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	321	288	20,296	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	324	289	20,224	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	327	290	20,151	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	331	291	20,055	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	335	291	19,938	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	343	292	19,823	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	353	293	19,713	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	361	294	19,622	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	366	294	19,496	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	372	295	19,351	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	380	295	19,266	47,625

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

Iceland

1870-1945: Jonsson, G. (1998). The gross domestic product of Iceland, 1870-1945. Nordiska Historiska Nasjonalregnkaper, Artikkelsamling from Workshop IV, Solstrand 13-15 NOvember 1998.

Romania

1862–1995: Axenciuc, V. (2012). Produsul intern brut al Romaniei, Vol. 1, Institutl de Economie Nationala, Bucarest
1915-1919 & 1949: Voinea, L., Cojocaru, A., Costache, B., Grigoraș, V., Lovin, H., Neagu, C., Orțan, D., & Tănase, A. (2019). One Hundred Years of Honesty: Recovering the Lost Memory of the Romanian Economy 1918-2018.

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 Barbados; the database as a whole is cited above.