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Population, long-run history by country

Population, long-run history

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023
Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date BarbadosUnited Arab EmiratesOmanFrance
2733,1012,34860,396
2743,2842,40360,811
2753,4582,45761,255
2763,6132,51061,703
2783,7542,56262,141
2793,8822,61362,600
2804,0002,66363,073
2814,5322,71363,513
2825,6232,76463,906
2837,2772,81664,264
2858,1642,87164,594
2868,1522,92864,913
2878,4382,98665,231
2888,7473,04765,552
2899,0773,11065,891
2909,3213,17466,212
2919,4613,24066,480
2919,5873,30766,730
2929,6993,37567,015
2939,7963,44467,347
2949,8793,51267,660
2949,9533,58267,901
29510,0183,65168,114
29510,0993,69668,387

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.

All data sources

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

France

  • 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
  • 1276–1800: Ridolfi, L., & Nuvolari, A. (2021). L’histoire immobile? A reappraisal of French economic growth using the demand-side approach, 1280–1850. European Review of Economic History, 25(3), 405–428
  • 1850-1913: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987
  • 1920-1950: Toutain, Le Produit interieur de la France de 1789 a 1982, Presses Universitaires de Grenoble, 1987

No separate list is published for Barbados, United Arab Emirates, Oman; the database as a whole is cited above.