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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 OmanSpainCongo - Kinshasa
2,34840,37851,181
2,40340,56352,782
2,45740,77554,453
2,51041,43356,170
2,56242,20557,860
2,61342,86959,599
2,66343,67261,474
2,71344,37063,479
2,76445,24665,590
2,81645,99367,800
2,87146,37870,114
2,92846,57372,550
2,98646,74675,138
3,04746,77777,792
3,11046,60380,534
3,17446,46583,368
3,24046,42086,229
3,30746,46089,193
3,37546,54392,209
3,44446,73995,232
3,51247,11698,320
3,58247,366101,499
3,65147,342104,767
3,69647,625108,171

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