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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Jordan	Romania	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	4,591	22,414	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	4,700	22,262	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	4,811	22,106	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	4,923	21,931	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	5,037	21,828	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	5,161	21,704	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	5,295	21,571	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	5,765	21,443	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	6,243	21,129	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	6,397	20,779	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	6,538	20,607	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	6,680	20,485	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	6,840	20,385	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	6,952	20,296	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	7,706	20,224	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	8,839	20,151	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	9,506	20,055	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	9,863	19,938	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	10,066	19,823	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	10,273	19,713	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	10,480	19,622	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	10,628	19,496	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	10,716	19,351	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	10,849	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.

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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

Jordan

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
1820, 1870, 1913, 1950: Pamuk, S. (2006), Estimating Economic Growth in the Middle East since 1820, The Journal of Economic History, vol 66, no. 3, pp. 809 - 828

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)