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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 TunisiaBosnia & HerzegovinaSpain
9,4173,81140,378
9,5143,90140,563
9,6133,91940,775
9,7113,92341,433
9,8103,94042,205
9,9063,97542,869
9,9973,99143,672
10,0873,99344,370
10,1783,99045,246
10,2743,98745,993
10,3773,98546,378
10,4913,98346,573
10,6123,98046,746
10,7373,97746,777
10,8663,97346,603
10,9963,96846,465
11,1243,96346,420
11,2483,95746,460
11,3653,95146,543
11,4773,94446,739
11,5833,93747,116
11,6813,92947,366
11,7723,92147,342
11,8623,87647,625

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

Bosnia & Herzegovina

  • 1952-2008: Milanovic (2011). Estimates provided to the Maddison-Project

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 Tunisia; the database as a whole is cited above.