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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	Congo - Brazzaville	France
Dec 31, 1999	273	2,886	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	274	2,999	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,113	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	276	3,181	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	278	3,274	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	279	3,400	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	280	3,543	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	281	3,702	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	282	3,859	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	283	3,989	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,146	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,324	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,468	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,581	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,667	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,757	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,851	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,951	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	5,055	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	293	5,164	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,279	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,400	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,527	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,655	68,387

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.

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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

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, Congo - Brazzaville; the database as a whole is cited above.