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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	Costa Rica	France
Dec 31, 1999	273	3,785	60,396
Dec 31, 2000	274	3,867	60,811
Dec 31, 2001	275	3,951	61,255
Dec 31, 2002	276	4,021	61,703
Dec 31, 2003	278	4,079	62,141
Dec 31, 2004	279	4,145	62,600
Dec 31, 2005	280	4,212	63,073
Dec 31, 2006	281	4,278	63,513
Dec 31, 2007	282	4,338	63,906
Dec 31, 2008	283	4,400	64,264
Dec 31, 2009	285	4,467	64,594
Dec 31, 2010	286	4,544	64,913
Dec 31, 2011	287	4,587	65,231
Dec 31, 2012	288	4,648	65,552
Dec 31, 2013	289	4,707	65,891
Dec 31, 2014	290	4,768	66,212
Dec 31, 2015	291	4,827	66,480
Dec 31, 2016	291	4,885	66,730
Dec 31, 2017	292	4,942	67,015
Dec 31, 2018	293	4,998	67,347
Dec 31, 2019	294	5,052	67,660
Dec 31, 2020	294	5,105	67,901
Dec 31, 2021	295	5,158	68,114
Dec 31, 2022	295	5,185	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, Costa Rica; the database as a whole is cited above.