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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Burkina Faso	France	St. Lucia
Dec 31, 1999	273	11,075	60,396	152
Dec 31, 2000	274	11,405	60,811	153
Dec 31, 2001	275	11,828	61,255	154
Dec 31, 2002	276	12,380	61,703	155
Dec 31, 2003	278	12,829	62,141	156
Dec 31, 2004	279	13,178	62,600	157
Dec 31, 2005	280	13,540	63,073	157
Dec 31, 2006	281	13,917	63,513	158
Dec 31, 2007	282	14,309	63,906	159
Dec 31, 2008	283	14,722	64,264	160
Dec 31, 2009	285	15,152	64,594	160
Dec 31, 2010	286	15,600	64,913	161
Dec 31, 2011	287	16,064	65,231	162
Dec 31, 2012	288	16,563	65,552	162
Dec 31, 2013	289	17,072	65,891	163
Dec 31, 2014	290	17,575	66,212	163
Dec 31, 2015	291	18,094	66,480	164
Dec 31, 2016	291	18,621	66,730	164
Dec 31, 2017	292	19,157	67,015	165
Dec 31, 2018	293	19,698	67,347	166
Dec 31, 2019	294	20,242	67,660	166
Dec 31, 2020	294	20,788	67,901	167
Dec 31, 2021	295	21,336	68,114	167
Dec 31, 2022	295	21,889	68,387	167

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, Burkina Faso, St. Lucia; the database as a whole is cited above.