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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	São Tomé & Príncipe	Albania	Spain
Dec 31, 1999	138	3,085	40,378
Dec 31, 2000	141	3,065	40,563
Dec 31, 2001	144	3,047	40,775
Dec 31, 2002	147	3,038	41,433
Dec 31, 2003	151	3,026	42,205
Dec 31, 2004	154	3,014	42,869
Dec 31, 2005	158	2,998	43,672
Dec 31, 2006	161	2,979	44,370
Dec 31, 2007	165	2,957	45,246
Dec 31, 2008	168	2,934	45,993
Dec 31, 2009	172	2,915	46,378
Dec 31, 2010	176	2,900	46,573
Dec 31, 2011	180	2,892	46,746
Dec 31, 2012	183	2,888	46,777
Dec 31, 2013	187	2,882	46,603
Dec 31, 2014	190	2,876	46,465
Dec 31, 2015	194	2,868	46,420
Dec 31, 2016	198	2,863	46,460
Dec 31, 2017	201	2,861	46,543
Dec 31, 2018	204	2,854	46,739
Dec 31, 2019	208	2,842	47,116
Dec 31, 2020	212	2,825	47,366
Dec 31, 2021	216	2,799	47,342
Dec 31, 2022	220	2,787	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 São Tomé & Príncipe, Albania; the database as a whole is cited above.