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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 SenegalOmanSpain
10,0702,34840,378
10,3052,40340,563
10,5762,45740,775
10,8642,51041,433
11,1722,56242,205
11,4982,61342,869
11,8392,66343,672
12,2042,71344,370
12,5842,76445,246
12,9782,81645,993
13,3822,87146,378
13,7942,92846,573
14,2262,98646,746
14,6683,04746,777
15,1213,11046,603
15,5893,17446,465
16,0663,24046,420
16,5493,30746,460
17,0443,37546,543
17,5353,44446,739
18,0213,51247,116
18,5183,58247,366
19,0163,65147,342
19,5123,69647,625

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 Senegal, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.