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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	Luxembourg	Spain	Paraguay
Dec 31, 1999	433	40,378	5,366
Dec 31, 2000	438	40,563	5,473
Dec 31, 2001	443	40,775	5,579
Dec 31, 2002	448	41,433	5,683
Dec 31, 2003	454	42,205	5,786
Dec 31, 2004	460	42,869	5,886
Dec 31, 2005	467	43,672	5,984
Dec 31, 2006	474	44,370	6,080
Dec 31, 2007	482	45,246	6,173
Dec 31, 2008	491	45,993	6,264
Dec 31, 2009	500	46,378	6,352
Dec 31, 2010	509	46,573	6,438
Dec 31, 2011	521	46,746	6,522
Dec 31, 2012	533	46,777	6,605
Dec 31, 2013	547	46,603	6,688
Dec 31, 2014	560	46,465	6,769
Dec 31, 2015	571	46,420	6,850
Dec 31, 2016	586	46,460	6,930
Dec 31, 2017	599	46,543	7,012
Dec 31, 2018	610	46,739	7,095
Dec 31, 2019	623	47,116	7,179
Dec 31, 2020	633	47,366	7,263
Dec 31, 2021	643	47,342	7,348
Dec 31, 2022	651	47,625	7,432

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 Luxembourg, Paraguay; the database as a whole is cited above.