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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	Malta	Burkina Faso	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	387	11,075	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	390	11,405	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	393	11,828	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	396	12,380	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	398	12,829	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	401	13,178	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	404	13,540	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	405	13,917	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	406	14,309	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	409	14,722	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	412	15,152	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	414	15,600	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	416	16,064	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	420	16,563	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	426	17,072	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	435	17,575	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	445	18,094	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	455	18,621	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	468	19,157	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	485	19,698	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	504	20,242	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	516	20,788	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	518	21,336	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	530	21,889	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

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 Malta, Burkina Faso; the database as a whole is cited above.