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Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date LithuaniaCongo - KinshasaSpain
3,41951,18140,378
3,39552,78240,563
3,36754,45340,775
3,34056,17041,433
3,31357,86042,205
3,27659,59942,869
3,22361,47443,672
3,17263,47944,370
3,13465,59045,246
3,10267,80045,993
3,06870,11446,378
3,00472,55046,573
2,93775,13846,746
2,89877,79246,777
2,86980,53446,603
2,84483,36846,465
2,81886,22946,420
2,78289,19346,460
2,74492,20946,543
2,71895,23246,739
2,71098,32047,116
2,711101,49947,366
2,724104,76747,342
2,748108,17147,625

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

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 Lithuania, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.