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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 Trinidad & TobagoOmanSpain
1,3012,34840,378
1,3032,40340,563
1,3082,45740,775
1,3142,51041,433
1,3202,56242,205
1,3262,61342,869
1,3322,66343,672
1,3382,71344,370
1,3442,76445,246
1,3522,81645,993
1,3592,87146,378
1,3652,92846,573
1,3722,98646,746
1,3793,04746,777
1,3863,11046,603
1,3923,17446,465
1,3993,24046,420
1,4053,30746,460
1,4113,37546,543
1,4363,44446,739
1,4523,51247,116
1,4483,58247,366
1,4503,65147,342
1,4563,69647,625

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 Trinidad & Tobago, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.