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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 QatarSpainCongo - Kinshasa
62740,37851,181
65940,56352,782
69140,77554,453
72441,43356,170
75742,20557,860
85042,86959,599
1,00143,67261,474
1,15344,37063,479
1,30645,24665,590
1,46045,99367,800
1,61546,37870,114
1,77046,57372,550
1,90446,74675,138
2,01046,77777,792
2,10346,60380,534
2,18746,46583,368
2,26146,42086,229
2,32646,46089,193
2,38446,54392,209
2,43546,73995,232
2,48047,11698,320
2,51947,366101,499
2,55347,342104,767
2,55947,625108,171

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